From Tim Sullivan" Hi all - The next Maine Coalition for Peace and Justice meeting is May 8th, 10am at the Mediation Center at 11 King St (which is a few blocks South of the Statehouse off State St). Agenda will include possible Memorial and Independence Day activities, other upcoming or proposed events, and long-range planning. Larry Dansinger and Susie Husted will hold an informational meeting on the upcoming Boston Social Forum at 1:30 at the same location. All are welcome! Potluck at noon. Thanks, Tim Co-Coordinator Maine Coalition for Peace and Justice http://www.mepj.org 207-542-0696 From robbins@downeast.net Mon May 3 01:14:13 2004 From: robbins@downeast.net (J&P Robbins) Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 20:14:13 -0400 Subject: [Megan] Art Works for Peace: Ellsworth Message-ID: <000001c430a3$95826610$06ff6442@computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C43082.0E733710 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Art Works for Peace Fourteen area artists are exhibiting work that uniquely expresses their response to current events and the desire for global peace. Hosted by The Grand Theater in Ellsworth, the work will be on display in the lobby from April 29 to May 25. The doors are generally open during the afternoons as well as during performances. Participating artists are Siri Beckman, Kelly Bellis, Vaino Kola, Natasha Mayers, Rebecca McCall, Cathy Melio, Frank Pitcher, Rebekah Raye, Peter Robbins, Rob Shetterly, Richard Stander, Sherry Streeter, Pat Wheeler, Fred Woell. The public is invited to an artists' reception on Tuesday, May 4th, from 5 to 6:30. (Playing that night at 7:30 is the film, "The Company.") ======================= +++++ ============================ "No one is assured of freedom's guarantee, and no one is safe until all are set free!" from Gerhard Furst, The Freedom Bell ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C43082.0E733710 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
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------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C43082.0E733710-- From rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com Mon May 3 19:08:13 2004 From: rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com (Roger Leisner) Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 11:08:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Megan] Have a Barbie with that pink slip Message-ID: <20040503180814.926.qmail@web40311.mail.yahoo.com> This is weird, funny and sad. Have a Barbie with that pink slip By DAVE BARRY Houston Chronicle April 23, 2004 Every now and then, on this crazy planet we call Earth, you come across a story so darned heartwarming that you need to take a prescription antacid. This is such a story. I found out about it from alert reader David Rankin, who sent me the Jan. 3 front page of the Sevier County, Tenn., Mountain Press ("Sevier County's Daily Newspaper"). On it is an article by J.J. Kindred about a Danville, Va.-based textile company, Dan River, which was closing its Sevierville plant and laying off workers. Evidently, some savvy individual in management realized that the workers would be unhappy about losing their jobs. And so, to cheer them up, the company gave workers "something extra" in their severance packages -- something that would make these layoffs truly special: Barbie dolls. I swear I am not making this up. According to the Mountain Press, the "severance package" included a $100 Wal-Mart gift card, a Dan River cap, a calculator, a plaque and "three red-headed Barbie dolls." That's right: three Barbie dolls. And all redheaded! The Mountain Press published a photo of one worker's severance Barbies, still in their boxes, smiling with radiant perkiness and ready for some layoff fun. We can only imagine the reaction of the workers when they went to the plant personnel office and received these beauties: Management person: John, we're sorry about letting you go after 23 years at the plant, but to "soften the blow," we're giving you these. Worker: But ... but these are ... Management person: Yes! Barbies! Three of them! And they're identical! Worker: Wow! These will be a huge hit with my four boys, ages 15 through 26! This is the best layoff ever! Incredibly, according to the Mountain Press, some workers were not thrilled with their Barbies. The Mountain Press contacted a "human resources" official at Dan River headquarters, who wouldn't comment on the Barbies but did say "we are doing our best to help the employees" and "we have the best management staff around." No doubt! Probably some of them are MBAs! But this is one of those situations where, before implementing a plan -- even a seemingly flawless and airtight plan, such as giving dolls to grown-ups who are losing their jobs -- management should have consulted with a normal, noncorporate human, or even a reasonably bright hamster. ("We have good news and bad news: The hamster liked the Wal-Mart card, but it made doots all over the Barbies.") Speaking of Barbie: I assume you have heard she is no longer with Ken. I'm serious. Mattel made an official announcement about this, which was all over the news. Barbie has apparently taken up with a new doll named Blaine, an Australian surfer with one of those asymmetrical surfer-dude haircuts, so he looks as if the various surfaces of his head were cut by different barbers with seriously incompatible views on how long hair should be. Blaine also has the kind of muscular physique that women actually do not find at all attractive, according to my wife whenever I ask her why she is staring at a Bowflex commercial. I'm not sure how I feel about the Barbie-Ken split. On the one hand, I can see why Barbie would not be satisfied with Ken. I have a 4-year-old daughter, so our house has a thriving, teeming Barbie colony. This colony is serviced by one lone Ken, and frankly he is not up to the task. I say this because Ken doesn't seem to notice that the Barbies are constantly getting naked. No, I don't know why the Barbies do this. I don't want to know. All I know is that often, after my daughter has been playing with her Barbies, I'll walk into her room, and there will be naked Barbies everywhere, and Ken will be displaying absolutely no interest in them. Lately, in fact, Ken has been off in a corner, sitting in Barbie's pink Jeep, with Pinocchio. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But my point is that I can see why Barbie has dumped Ken. But that doesn't mean I'm happy about Blaine. If Blaine thinks he's getting into my daughter's room, he's stupider than he looks, which is pretty stupid. With a better haircut, he could have a career in management. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/2524580 Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle ===== Roger LeisnerRadio Free MaineP.O. Box 2705Augusta, Maine 04338http://www.radiofreemaine.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover From Tim Sullivan" It is more important than ever to stand witness at these vigils. If there is not one near you, please start one up and let Peace Action Maine know to include it in their next update. We need to be visibly against occupation as Bush and Congress continue the quagmire. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peace Action Maine Update" update@peaceactionme.org PEACE VIGILS CodePink: To join wear Pink at vigils and at demonstrations to represent women and men for peace. E- mail address: codepink4peacemaine@yahoo.com Phone 725-8253. VIGIL LOCATIONS Augusta - Friday at 12:30pm on the corner of the Lithgow Library - State and Winthrop Streets. Contact - 623-1960 Bangor, Tuesdays 5 pm Federal Building, Peace and Justice Center, 942-9343 Belfast - "Standing for Peace" every Sunday from noon to 1pm at the in-town traffic light at the corners of High and Main St. in Belfast. Blue Hill bridge, Sundays at noon. Judy, 326-4405 or robbins@downeast.net Bridgton, Saturdays - 9:00-10:00 a.m., at the Veteran's Park, contact Wendy Newcomb, 787-3927. Brunswick, Fridays 5:30 pm Downtown end of Mall. FMI call 443-2899 Bucksport, Wednesdays 5 pm Bucksport Municipal Building, Main Street. FMI: Karen, 469-3946 Damariscotta, Wednesdays at noon, Newcastle Square. FMI: Suzanne Hedrick....563-7041 Deer Isle, Mondays 4:00 - 4:30 pm On Rt. 15 on the left, across from Deer Isle Congregational Church, just a short ways past the village Peter Robbins, 326-4405, Dud Hendrick, 348-2511 Ellsworth - The Ellsworth Area Peace Group has vigils on Saturdays from noon to 1:00pm on the Union River bridge. Freeport, Sundays at 5PM, Candlelight peace vigil at the First Parish Church, 40 Main Street (across from the Gap). FMI: Judy H: JAHpknsAB@netscape.net. Hallowell - There will be a candle light vigil at the Hallowell bandstand every Tuesday evening from 7:30-8:00 p.m. until the war is over. Cathie 623-6245 Houlton, Fridays noon for 15 minutes "Stand With Us for Peace" silent vigil, Monument Park FMI: Marilyn Roper, 532-3797 Kennebunk, Sundays noon - 1 pm Kennebunk at the Peace Pole by the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church. Contact Carol Spalding - 641-8663 or Mary Stiler - 282-2023 Kennebunkport, Thursdays 5:30pm, Dock Square, across from the statue. Lincolnville beach. Sundays Ducktrap bridge from noon to 1. Contact John Pincince- 230-2410. Machias: First Friday 5-6pm Junction of Routes 1 & 192, call 483-6133 Newcastle, Wednesdays, 12 noon - 12:15. Newcastle Square Park (next to the Congregational Church) Orono, Sundays, 11am - 1pm, Stillwater River bridge in downtown Orono. Contact: Peter Millard, 866-3503 Rockland, - 5 PM every evening except for Sundays when it will be held at 12PM. At the corner of Park and Main Streets in Rockland - for info call 273-3247 South Berwick, Sundays, 11:30 - noon, War Memorial on Rte 4, Rena Lassel, renalassel@hotmail.com or Nora Irvine at journeybag@aol.com. Winthrop, Saturdays, 11 am - noon, Post Office. Winthrop People for Peace, Theresa K at 685-9604 *********************************** BRIDGES FOR PEACE. Every Sunday - Noon to 1pm For a complete list of locations, go to http://www.peaceactionme.org/bridges.html or contact Peace Action Maine (207 772-0680). *********************************** WOMEN IN BLACK Augusta, Fridays 12:30 - 1 pm Augusta Women in Black Vigil, Lithgow Library, Winthrop Street. Lucia, 549-3061 Bangor, Sundays 12:30 - 1 pm Bangor Women in Black Vigil, Westmarket Square, (We have recent information that this vigil is no longer active; please contact us if you have info on this vigil) Belfast, Sundays noon Belfast Women in Black and Stand for Peace Vigil on the southeast corner (Hayford Building) of High and Main Street, Belfast. Maureen at 338-4776, gmjko@yahoo.com Farmington, Fridays noon - 12:00 Farmington Women in Black Vigil, Post Office Judy Rawlings, 293-2580 Gorham, Wednesdays 4 - 5 pm, Main Street, in front of Municipal Center Norway, Saturdays 10 am - 11 am Norway Women in Black Vigil, Witherell Park across from the library, Claire at 674-2358 Portland, Fridays noon - 1 pm Portland Women in Black silent vigil, Nickelodeon theater in the Old Port Portland, Fridays 5 - 5:30 pm Portland Women in Black, corner of High and Congress, 772-0680 Skowhegan, Sundays, 2 pm - Women in Black silent vigil, all are welcome. So. Portland, Tue. 5:30 - 6:00 pm - Women In Black, on Cottage Road at Pillsbury St.; contact 767-3003. Waterville, Fridays, noon - 12:30 pm, Women in Black, in front of old Post Office; contact: Susan, 453-2686 Wells - Sundays, noon - 12:30 pm, in front of the Ocean View Cemetery, across from Wells Junior High School on Route 1 in Wells. Contact Betty Williams at 646-5772. From Tim Sullivan" Help stop multi-national giant Nestle/Poland Springs from trampling the rights of rural Mainers! Waterville Sentinel article: http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/local/604254.shtml ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Mason" Friends This is call for support to request a public hearing from LURC on this project, the time frame is immediate, there is only several more days left before Marcia Spencer-Famous, Marcia.Spencer-Famous@maine.gov submits this to the commission with a recommendation to approve. This is for a water withdrawal permit and supporting buildings, this in itself is minimal but the real problem that still needs to be publicly addressed is the traffic impact on Long Falls Dam Road, the Bigelow Preserve and the residents who live along the road. This is a 20-40 trucks a day, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day with tanker trucks. The road can not support this much traffic and the recreational users and towns people will have their quality of life infringed upon. If Poland Springs would better forecast their water needs they could run 30 trucks a day, 5 days a week, 12 hours a day and not impact weekend users and peoples sleeping hours, instead they would rather just use this pumping station when ever they feel like with total disregard for anyone else, and all of this with out even having any economic benefit to these communities. Poland Springs says they are an environmental conscious company but I guess that only applies to their watershed and not the Bigelow Preserve. The problem is LURC's statues and rules do not allow them to address negative impacts to such scenic and natural areas do to traffic from big projects like this only the impacts of buildings. DOT has jurisdiction over the road and they care nothing about the Preserve. For the commission to consider whether to hold a public hearing they look at several things and one is the degree of public interest and likely hood of new information. Right now it stands 3 for and 2 against counting mine. So numbers are important hear if the public wants to have a say in this project and time is of the essence. Thank You Rick Mason E-mail Marcia.Spencer-Famous@maine.gov or send to LURC 22 State House Station Augusta ME. 04033 Atten: Marci Spencer-Famous Petition We the undersigned, residents of the Long Falls Dam Road and surrounding areas, request that LURC and Poland Spring grant a public hearing on the traffic impacts of LURC permit DP 4689. We wish to explore alternatives to the Poland Spring 24/7 trucking plan on this quiet rural road. From invert@acadia.net Wed May 5 10:03:22 2004 From: invert@acadia.net (Larry Dansinger) Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 09:03:22 +0000 Subject: [Megan] Reminder of Maine meeting for Boston Social Forum on May 8 Message-ID: <200405051359.i45DxmJa028843@thresher.prexar.com> > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --MS_Mac_OE_3166592608_30743_MIME_Part Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit REMINDER Meeting to learn more about the Boston Social Forum and encourage Maine involvement in it and in a Maine followup: Saturday, May 8, 1:30 PM, Mediation and Facilitation Resources building, 11 King St., Augusta For more information or directions: Larry Dansinger, 525-7776, invert@acadia.net. Susie Husted, 451-9724 or Matt Schlobohm, 946-4478 --MS_Mac_OE_3166592608_30743_MIME_Part Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Reminder of Maine meeting for Boston Social Forum on May 8 REMINDER

Meeting to learn more about the Boston Social Forum and encourage Maine inv= olvement in it and in a Maine followup:

Saturday, May 8, 1:30 PM, Mediation and Facilitation = Resources building, 11 King St., Augusta

For more information or directions:
Larry Dansinger, 525-7776, invert@acadia.net.
Susie Husted, 451-9724 or Matt Schlobohm, 946-4478

--MS_Mac_OE_3166592608_30743_MIME_Part-- From Tim Sullivan" Please pass this on to folks in Cumberland. Also, Cliff and much of Chebeague and Long Islands are within the 2-mile radius blast zone from Hope Island. For more information on LNG, go to http://www.penbay.org/searsisland.html , http://www.fairplayforharpswell.org/ and http://www.fffh.org/ Tim NOTICE CUMBERLAND TOWN COUNCIL PRESS CONFERENCE The Cumberland Town Council will hold a press conference regarding the Town Councils decision last evening to hold an ADVISORY Referendum on June 8, 2004, to coincide with the State Primary Election, in order to determine whether the voters of the Town of Cumberland favor the Town Council negotiating a Contract Zone Agreement with TransCanada Pipelines Limited regarding siting a liquid natural gas facility on Hope Island. The press conference will be held Wednesday, MAY 5, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. in the Cumberland Town Council Chambers, 290 Tuttle Road. ORDER #04-052 ORDERED, the Cumberland Town Council hereby authorizes an ADVISORY Referendum to be held June 8, 2004 in order to coincide with the State Primary Election. Said advisory referendum will be held to determine whether the voters of the Town of Cumberland favor the Town Council negotiating a Contract Zone Agreement with TransCanada Pipelines Limited regarding siting a liquid natural gas facility on Hope Island. The Town Council has taken no position on this project. Last Updated: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 From wolfspiritm@excite.com Wed May 5 19:13:32 2004 From: wolfspiritm@excite.com (Marie Zwicker) Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 14:13:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Megan] FW: 2 ARTICLES RE VOTING MACHINES Message-ID: <20040505181332.D91408AE91@xprdmailfe2.nwk.excite.com> forwarded message: ******************************* Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 15:37:26 EDT Subject: 2 ARTICLES RE VOTING MACHINES http://www.rense.com/general52/bros.htm" Two Voting Companies & Two Brothers Will Count 80% Of The U.S. Election
- - Using BOTH Scanners & Touchscreens

By Lynn Landes
4-27-4

Voters can run, but they can't hide from these guys. Meet the Urosevich
brothers, Bob and Todd. Their respective companies, Diebold and ES&S, will
count (using BOTH computerized ballot scanners and touchscreen machines)
about 80% of all votes cast in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

Both ES&S and Diebold have been caught installing uncertified software in
their machines. Although there is no known certification process that will
protect against vote rigging or technical failure, it is a requirement of
most, if not all, states.

And, according to author Bev Harris in her book, Black Box Voting, "...one
of the founders of the original ES&S (software) system, Bob Urosevich,
also oversaw development of the original software now used by Diebold
Election Systems."

Talk about putting all our eggs in one very bogus, but brotherly basket.

Even if states or counties hire their own technicians to re-program
Diebold or ES&S software (or software from other companies), experts say
that permanently installed software, called firmware, still resides inside
of both electronic scanners and touchscreen machines and is capable of
manipulating votes. For those who are unfamiliar with the term 'firmware',
here's a definition by BandwidthMarket.com: "Software that is embedded in
a hardware device that allows reading and executing the software, but does
not allow modification, e.g., writing or deleting data by an end user."

The ability to rig an election is well within easy reach of voting machine
companies. And it does not matter if the machines are scanners or
touchscreens, or are networked or hooked up to modems.

So, for those states and counties who think they're dodging the bullet by
not buying (or not using) the highly insecure and error-prone touchscreen
voting machines (which will process 28.9% of all votes this year), a huge
threat still remains - computerized ballot scanners. They will count 57.6%
of all votes cast, including absentee ballots.

And don't count on recounts to save the day. In most states, recounts of
paper ballots only occur if election results are close. The message to
those who want to rig elections is, "rig them by a lot." In some states,
like California, spot checks are conducted. But, that will not be an
effective way to discover or deter vote fraud or technical failure,
particularly in a national election where one vote per machine will
probably be enough to swing a race.

Although touchscreens have been getting the bulk of negative publicity
lately, electronic ballot scanners have a long and sordid past, as well.
Electronic scanners were first introduced into U.S. elections in 1964, and
ever since then a steady stream of reports of technical irregularities
have caught the attention of scientists, journalists, and activists, most
notably the 1988 report, Accuracy, Integrity, and Security in Computerized
Vote-Tallying, by Roy G. Saltman, and the 1992 book, Votescam: The
Stealing of America, by Jim and Ken Collier.

Even though there are several foreign and domestic corporations involved
in the U.S. vote counting business, ES&S and Diebold clearly dominate the
field. ES&S claims that they have tabulated "56% of the U.S. national vote
for the past four presidential elections", while a Diebold spokesperson
told this writer that the company processed about 35% of U.S. electronic
vote count in 2002.

But, is there any real difference between Diebold and ES&S? Perhaps not.

Bob Urosevich is currently president of Diebold. Todd is vice president of
ES&S. In 1999, American Information Systems (AIS), purchased Business
Records Corporation (BRC) to become ES&S. AIS (1980) was formerly Data
Mark (1979). Both AIS and Data Mark were founded by the brothers
Urosevich. I n 2002 Diebold acquired Global Election Systems. Global was
founded 1991, which itself acquired the AccuVote system the same year. Bob
Urosevich is a past president of Global.

Of course, most interested observers don't believe that the Urosevich
brothers are the real brains behind their respective operations. For
information on their financial backers, check out Chapter 8 of Bev's book
- - blackboxvoting.com, and my webpage -
ecotalk.org/VotingMachineCompanies.htm.

Diebold and ES&S have been involved in countless election irregularities
over the years, involving both ballot scanners and touchscreens. But, it
seems that they've always managed to finesse a happy ending for
themselves. Now, it appears that at least Diebold might be in real
trouble.

On April 22, 2004, Jim Wasserman of the Associated Press (AP) reported,
"By an 8-0 vote, the state's (California) Voting Systems and Procedures
Panel recommended that (Secretary of State) Shelley cease the use of the
machines, saying that Texas-based Diebold has performed poorly in
California and its machines malfunctioned in the state's March 2 primary
election, turning away many voters in San Diego County...In addition to
the ban, panel members recommended that a secretary of state's office
report released Wednesday, detailing alleged failings of Diebold in
California, be forwarded to the state attorney general's office to
consider civil and criminal charges against the company."

Interestingly, no one in the U.S. federal government seems to be paying
attention...as usual. There is no federal agency that has regulatory
authority or oversight of the voting machine industry - not the Federal
Election Commission (FEC), not the Department of Justice (DOJ), and not
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The FEC doesn't even have a
complete list of all the companies that count votes in U.S. elections.

Once again we are witness to an 'eyes closed, hands off' approach to
protecting America. The 2004 election rests in the private hands of the
Urosevich brothers, who are financed by the far-out right wing and top
donors to the Republican Party. The Democrats are either sitting ducks or
co-conspirators. don't know which.

Vote Paper Ballots, Ditch the Machines.


Lynn Landes is one of the nation's leading journalists on voting
technology and democracy issues. Readers can find her articles at
EcoTalk.org. Lynn is a former news reporter for
DUTV and commentator for the British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC). Contact info:
lynnlandes@earthlink. >This is exactly what Athan Gibbs was trying to prevent with his invention, TruVote.  Athan was killed on March 12, 2004.  See http://www.truvote.com for more information on his machine and his paper receipt for auditing and verification of each person's vote.   He knew he was competing against Diebold and others and had a very hard time even getting states and local districts to consider his method. we are definitely in for another weird election, or should we say "selection" in 2004.  http://www.unitedforpeace.org http://www.rockthevote.org/" BLACK VOICES FOR PEACE http://www.bvfp.org/index.aspx Vote To Impeach Bush - High Crimes & Misdemeanors http://www.votetoimpeach.org/ _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! From wolfspiritm@excite.com Wed May 5 20:14:17 2004 From: wolfspiritm@excite.com (Marie Zwicker) Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 15:14:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Megan] FW: Disney Forbids Distribution of Film That Criticizes Bush Message-ID: <20040505191417.778838AE9D@xprdmailfe2.nwk.excite.com> --EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__f6d53bb1c96fe5b6d48432a165703fb2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! --EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__f6d53bb1c96fe5b6d48432a165703fb2 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Disney Forbids Distribution of Film That Criticizes Bush"; Content-Description: Disney Forbids Distribution of Film That Criticizes Bush Return-Path: Delivered-To: wolfspiritm@xprdmailbe.nwk.excite.com Received: (qmail 18743 invoked from network); 5 May 2004 18:59:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO xprdmx27.nwk.excite.com) ([10.50.28.168]) (envelope-sender ) by 0 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 5 May 2004 18:59:23 -0000 Return-Path: Received: from imo-m26.mx.aol.com (imo-m26.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.7]) by xprdmx27.nwk.excite.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F05237E8C for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 14:59:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from SusanOwenGlaser@aol.com by imo-m26.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r1.3.) id 1.1dc.20b9b055 (4206) for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 14:53:26 -0400 (EDT) From: SusanOwenGlaser@aol.com Message-ID: <1dc.20b9b055.2dca9225@aol.com> Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 14:53:25 EDT Subject: Disney Forbids Distribution of Film That Criticizes Bush To: SusanOwenGlaser@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1083783205" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5006 X-FII-Tracking: 0.000000 -------------------------------1083783205 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en May 5, 2004 By JIM RUTENBERG, The New York Times AP Michael Moore WASHINGTON, May 4 =E2=80=94 The Walt Disney Company is blocking its Miramax=20= division=20 from distributing a new documentary by Michael Moore that harshly criticizes= =20 President Bush, executives at both Disney and Miramax said Tuesday. The film, "Fahrenheit 911," links Mr. Bush and prominent Saudis =E2=80=94 in= cluding=20 the family of Osama bin Laden =E2=80=94 and criticizes Mr. Bush's actions be= fore and=20 after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Disney, which bought Miramax more than a decade ago, has a contractual=20 agreement with the Miramax principals, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, allowing it= to=20 prevent the company from distributing films under certain circumstances, lik= e an=20 excessive budget or an NC-17 rating. Executives at Miramax, who became principal investors in Mr. Moore's project= =20 last spring, do not believe that this is one of those cases, people involved= =20 in the production of the film said. If a compromise is not reached, these=20 people said, the matter could go to mediation, though neither side is said t= o want=20 to travel that route. In a statement, Matthew Hiltzik, a spokesman for Miramax, said: "We're=20 discussing the issue with Disney. We're looking at all of our options and lo= ok=20 forward to resolving this amicably." But Disney executives indicated that they would not budge from their positio= n=20 forbidding Miramax to be the distributor of the film in North America.=20 Overseas rights have been sold to a number of companies, executives said. "We advised both the agent and Miramax in May of 2003 that the film would no= t=20 be distributed by Miramax," said Zenia Mucha, a company spokeswoman,=20 referring to Mr. Moore's agent. "That decision stands." Disney came under heavy criticism from conservatives last May after the=20 disclosure that Miramax had agreed to finance the film when Icon Productions= , Mel=20 Gibson's company, backed out. Mr. Moore's agent, Ari Emanuel, said Michael D. Eisner, Disney's chief=20 executive, asked him last spring to pull out of the deal with Miramax. Mr. E= manuel=20 said Mr. Eisner expressed particular concern that it would endanger tax brea= ks=20 Disney receives for its theme park, hotels and other ventures in Florida,=20 where Mr. Bush's brother, Jeb, is governor. "Michael Eisner asked me not to sell this movie to Harvey Weinstein; that=20 doesn't mean I listened to him," Mr. Emanuel said. "He definitely indicated=20= there=20 were tax incentives he was getting for the Disney corporation and that's why= =20 he didn't want me to sell it to Miramax. He didn't want a Disney company=20 involved." Disney executives deny that accusation, though they said their displeasure=20 over the deal was made clear to Miramax and Mr. Emanuel. A senior Disney executive elaborated that the company had the right to quash= =20 Miramax's distribution of films if it deemed their distribution to be agains= t=20 the interests of the company. The executive said Mr. Moore's film is deemed=20= to=20 be against Disney's interests not because of the company's business dealings= =20 with the government but because Disney caters to families of all political=20 stripes and believes Mr. Moore's film, which does not have a release date, c= ould=20 alienate many. "It's not in the interest of any major corporation to be dragged into a=20 highly charged partisan political battle," this executive said. Miramax is free to seek another distributor in North America, but such a dea= l=20 would force it to share profits and be a blow to Harvey Weinstein, a big=20 donor to Democrats. Mr. Moore, who will present the film at the Cannes film festival this month,= =20 criticized Disney's decision in an interview on Tuesday, saying, "At some=20 point the question has to be asked, `Should this be happening in a free and=20= open=20 society where the monied interests essentially call the shots regarding the=20 information that the public is allowed to see?' " Mr. Moore's films, like "Roger and Me" and "Bowling for Columbine," are ofte= n=20 a political lightning rod, as Mr. Moore sets out to skewer what he says are=20 the misguided priorities of conservatives and big business. They have also=20 often performed well at the box office. His most recent movie, "Bowling for=20 Columbine," took in about $22 million in North America for United Artists. H= is=20 books, like "Stupid White Men," a jeremiad against the Bush administration t= hat has=20 sold more than a million copies, have also been lucrative. Mr. Moore does not disagree that "Fahrenheit 911" is highly charged, but he=20 took issue with the description of it as partisan. "If this is partisan in a= ny=20 way it is partisan on the side of the poor and working people in this countr= y=20 who provide fodder for this war machine," he said. Mr. Moore said the film describes financial connections between the Bush=20 family and its associates and prominent Saudi Arabian families that go back=20= three=20 decades. He said it closely explores the government's role in the evacuation= =20 of relatives of Mr. bin Laden from the United States immediately after the 2= 001=20 attacks. The film includes comments from American soldiers on the ground in=20 Iraq expressing disillusionment with the war, he said. Mr. Moore once planned to produce the film with Mr. Gibson's company, but=20 "the project wasn't right for Icon," said Alan Nierob, an Icon spokesman, ad= ding=20 that the decision had nothing to do with politics. Miramax stepped in immediately. The company had distributed Mr. Moore's 1997= =20 film, "The Big One." In return for providing most of the new film's $6 milli= on=20 budget, Miramax was positioned to distribute it. While Disney's objections were made clear early on, one executive said the=20 Miramax leadership hoped it would be able to prevail upon Disney to sign off= on=20 distribution, which would ideally happen this summer, before the election an= d=20 when political interest is high. May 5, 2004 Peace. Namaste. Asslama-alakuim. Shalom.=20 Susan Glaser, Program Chair - FOR USA=20 Just as those who have been capable of the most horrendous atrocities turn=20 out to be ordinary human beings like you and me, so too those who have=20 demonstrated noteworthy instances of the capacity to forgive could easily be= the man or=20 woman living down the street. 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WASHINGTON, May 4 =E2=80=94 The Walt Disney Company i= s blocking its Miramax division from distributing a new documentary by Micha= el Moore that harshly criticizes President Bush, executives at both Disney a= nd Miramax said Tuesday.

The film, "Fahrenheit 911," links Mr. Bush and promin= ent Saudis =E2=80=94 including the family of Osama bin Laden =E2=80=94 and c= riticizes Mr. Bush's actions before and after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks= .

Disney, which bought Miramax more than a decade ago,=20= has a contractual agreement with the Miramax principals, Bob and Harvey Wein= stein, allowing it to prevent the company from distributing films under cert= ain circumstances, like an excessive budget or an NC-17 rating.

Executives at Miramax, who became principal investors= in Mr. Moore's project last spring, do not believe that this is one of thos= e cases, people involved in the production of the film said. If a compromise= is not reached, these people said, the matter could go to mediation, though= neither side is said to want to travel that route.

In a statement, Matthew Hiltzik, a spokesman for Mira= max, said: "We're discussing the issue with Disney. We're looking at all of=20= our options and look forward to resolving this amicably."

But Disney executives indicated that they would not b= udge from their position forbidding Miramax to be the distributor of the fil= m in North America. Overseas rights have been sold to a number of companies,= executives said.

"We advised both the agent and Miramax in May of 2003= that the film would not be distributed by Miramax," said Zenia Mucha, a com= pany spokeswoman, referring to Mr. Moore's agent. "That decision stands."

Disney came under heavy criticism from conservatives=20= last May after the disclosure that Miramax had agreed to finance the film wh= en Icon Productions, Mel Gibson's company, backed out.

Mr. Moore's agent, Ari Emanuel, said Michael D. Eisne= r, Disney's chief executive, asked him last spring to pull out of the deal w= ith Miramax. Mr. Emanuel said Mr. Eisner expressed particular concern that i= t would endanger tax breaks Disney receives for its theme park, hotels and o= ther ventures in Florida, where Mr. Bush's brother, Jeb, is governor.

"Michael Eisner asked me not to sell this movie to Ha= rvey Weinstein; that doesn't mean I listened to him," Mr. Emanuel said. "He=20= definitely indicated there were tax incentives he was getting for the Disney= corporation and that's why he didn't want me to sell it to Miramax. He didn= 't want a Disney company involved."

Disney executives deny that accusation, though they s= aid their displeasure over the deal was made clear to Miramax and Mr. Emanue= l.

A senior Disney executive elaborated that the company= had the right to quash Miramax's distribution of films if it deemed their d= istribution to be against the interests of the company. The executive said M= r. Moore's film is deemed to be against Disney's interests not because of th= e company's business dealings with the government but because Disney caters=20= to families of all political stripes and believes Mr. Moore's film, which do= es not have a release date, could alienate many.

"It's not in the interest of any major corporation to= be dragged into a highly charged partisan political battle," this executive= said.

Miramax is free to seek another distributor in North=20= America, but such a deal would force it to share profits and be a blow to Ha= rvey Weinstein, a big donor to Democrats.

Mr. Moore, who will present the film at the Cannes fi= lm festival this month, criticized Disney's decision in an interview on Tues= day, saying, "At some point the question has to be asked, `Should this be ha= ppening in a free and open society where the monied interests essentially ca= ll the shots regarding the information that the public is allowed to see?' "=

Mr. Moore's films, like "Roger and Me" and "Bowling f= or Columbine," are often a political lightning rod, as Mr. Moore sets out to= skewer what he says are the misguided priorities of conservatives and big b= usiness. They have also often performed well at the box office. His most rec= ent movie, "Bowling for Columbine," took in about $22 million in North Ameri= ca for United Artists. His books, like "Stupid White Men," a jeremiad agains= t the Bush administration that has sold more than a million copies, have als= o been lucrative.

Mr. Moore does not disagree that "Fahrenheit 911" is=20= highly charged, but he took issue with the description of it as partisan. "I= f this is partisan in any way it is partisan on the side of the poor and wor= king people in this country who provide fodder for this war machine," he sai= d.

Mr. Moore said the film describes financial connectio= ns between the Bush family and its associates and prominent Saudi Arabian fa= milies that go back three decades. He said it closely explores the governmen= t's role in the evacuation of relatives of Mr. bin Laden from the United Sta= tes immediately after the 2001 attacks. The film includes comments from Amer= ican soldiers on the ground in Iraq expressing disillusionment with the war,= he said.

Mr. Moore once planned to produce the film with Mr. G= ibson's company, but "the project wasn't right for Icon," said Alan Nierob,=20= an Icon spokesman, adding that the decision had nothing to do with politics.=

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While Disney's objections were made clear early on, o= ne executive said the Miramax leadership hoped it would be able to prevail u= pon Disney to sign off on distribution, which would ideally happen this summ= er, before the election and when political interest is high.

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Peace. Namaste. Asslama-alakuim. Shalom. Susan Glaser, Program Chair - FOR USA

Just as those who have been capable of the most horrendous a= trocities turn out to be ordinary human beings like you and me, so too those= who have demonstrated noteworthy instances of the capacity to forgive could= easily be the man or woman living down the street. Wonderfully, forgiveness= and reconciliation are possible anywhere and everywhere and have indeed bee= n taking place, often unsung, unremarked.

Desmo= nd Tutu, South African Bishop

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-------------------------------1083783205-- --EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__f6d53bb1c96fe5b6d48432a165703fb2-- From Tim Sullivan" ----- Original Message ----- From: Peace & Justice Center peacectr@peacectr.org Join us to stand for real security at the Homeland Security Conference planned for Friday, May 14th at the University of Maine from 11:30 -1:00 p.m. We plan to hold a banner outside Wells Commons reading "Working for Real Security in Eastern Maine" and a clothesline with "waves" reading "Health Care", "Jobs", "Housing", "Cooperation", etc. We also plan to distribute some version of the following flyer and copies of the the pamphlet "Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict" produced by the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) website http://www.fcnl.org. Let us know if you can join us. Why We are Here Today Calling for a "SMART Security Platform" - The Homeland Security conference provides an opportunity to raise questions about whether the current administration's policies are actually contributing to our security or making us less secure. As we consider Homeland Security measures to protect citizens one year after the President declared "mission accomplished", our troops in Iraq continue to sacrifice their lives, innocent Iraqi civilians continue to die, humanitarian relief organizations and some of our allies are forced to withdraw because of the danger they face. The people of Maine continue to experience insecurity as we struggle to find ways to fund education, health care and support services for the neediest, because federal dollars are drained by increased military spending. We urge our leaders to seek peaceful alternatives including international cooperation and the rule of law, preventative diplomacy and peace operations, arms control and disarmament, human rights and good governance, sustainable development and human security. These principles are embodied in the SMART Security Platform for the 21st Century introduced in Congress (H. Con. Res. 394). These principles are detailed in the pamphlet "Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict" produced by the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) copies of which are available from the Peace & Jsutice Center of Eastern Maine 942-9343 or on the FCNL website http://www.fcnl.org The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine 170 Park Street Bangor ME 04401 (207) 942-9343 fax 992-2288 email: info@peacectr.org check our website: www.peacectr.org From Tim Sullivan" ----- Original Message ----- From: Peace & Justice Center peacectr@peacectr.org The latest we've heard is that Vice President Cheney will be in Bangor for a campaign stop at the Airport on Monday, May l0th @ 5:00 p.m. So tentatively we're suggesting that folks arrive @4:00 p.m. with signs, banners, etc. Check future e-mails for possible changes in place or time. Last time we demonstrated outside the airport and some people got tickets (1-866-633-2874) to go inside as well. The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine 170 Park Street Bangor ME 04401 (207) 942-9343 fax 992-2288 email: info@peacectr.org check our website: www.peacectr.org From rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com Fri May 7 21:21:14 2004 From: rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com (Roger Leisner) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 13:21:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Megan] Helen Caldicott recorded by Radio Free Maine on April 24, 2004 Message-ID: <20040507202114.61664.qmail@web40312.mail.yahoo.com> Radio Free Maine presents Helen Caldicott speaking on Maine: The Way Life Could Be Destroyed Keynote Address at the 12 Annual International Conference of the Maine-based Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space Speaking for 37 minutes, Helen Caldicott reminded Mainers of what could happen if a nuclear missile was exploded by mistake in the Bath-Brunswick area. Following that is a 33 minute talk by Helen Caldicott at Critical Mass: Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of Chernobyl held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City on April 26, 1996. Plus, the VHS videotape and the DVD video also feature a 41 minute question and answer period following a talk by Helen Caldicott entitled Nuclear Madness and Children held at the Portland High School on June 7, 1994 and sponsored by the Maine Committee for a Safe Energy Future. Sponsored by the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space For more information, go to http://www.space4peace.org or send an email to globalnet@mindspring.com Recorded by Roger Leisner on April 24, 2004 at the Global Network 12th Annual International Conference Resisting Empire: Understanding the Role of Space in U.S. Global Domination at the Woodfords Congregational Church in Portland, Maine. Available on audiotape cassette for $11.00, audio CD for $12.50, VHS videotape for $20.00 and DVD video for $20.00. Please make check payable to Roger Leisner and mail to Radio Free Maine P.O. Box 2705 Augusta, Maine 04338 ******************************************************* Nuclear 'OOPS!' could do us in By KEVIN WACK, Portland Press Herald Writer Copyright © 2004 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. Helen Caldicott, one of the world's leading anti-nuclear activists, warned of the continuing global threat posed by U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles in a speech Saturday in Portland. The former Cold War rivals still have thousands of nuclear weapons aimed at each other, and a single mistake could result in mutual annihilation, she said. "Anything that happens in the world that triggers anxiety could blow us all off the face of the Earth," Caldicott said. "No one knows about it now. In the Eighties, people were scared out of their brains." The 65-year-old Australian activist and author, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985, spoke at a three-day conference on the militarization of space at Woodfords Congregational Church. Caldicott, who is a physician, discussed her 35-year campaign against nuclear weapons as an outgrowth of her medical training. "This is a medical issue," she said. "I'm a conservative. I'm for conserving life on the planet." She later used the medical analogy in response to a question about the nuclear intentions of international terrorist groups and nations such as Iran and North Korea. "You're concentrating on the rash, and not the fact that you're dying from cancer," Caldicott said in an interview after the speech. "We need to abolish nuclear weapons." Much of her speech dealt with problems of command and control, especially inside Russia's aging nuclear program. Such issues, she said, could lead to a mistaken belief that the country is under attack, prompting a quick-trigger decision to launch a retaliatory strike. In 1995, the launch of a joint U.S.-Norwegian research rocket prompted an alert in Russia that led then-President Boris Yeltsin to activate his nuclear-command suitcase. Caldicott pointed to the incident as the kind of blunder that could wipe out the human race. "I quite honestly don't know how we're still here," she said. "I can't imagine turning this planet into a lump of rock like Mars. ... But it could happen tonight - by accident, not by design." Caldicott called the public totally uninformed about the continuing nuclear threat. She blamed the news media, citing its sparse coverage of that near-miss in 1995. "There's a conspiracy of silence in this country," she said. "The media will not look at this. It's more like, 'North Korea's got three bombs."' Caldicott's latest book is titled "The New Nuclear Danger: George Bush's Military-Industrial Complex." And while she was harshly critical of Bush and members of his administration, she expressed no hope that the situation would improve with a Democrat in the White House. "Don't believe that if John Kerry gets in, he'll fix it," said Caldicott, who now lives in Washington, D.C. "The issue is for us to fix it." Caldicott's comments were well received by an audience that included many longtime peace activists. "I think that I'm pretty well-read and educated on foreign policy," said Dud Hendrick of Deer Isle. "But she educated me with this speech." Caroline LaJeunesse of South Portland said the talk brought her to tears. Caldicott's assessment of the nuclear threat as a medical problem resonated with her. "This is an issue of saving the planet - our number-one health-care issue," LaJeunesse said. Sponsors of the conference, called "Resisting Empire: Understanding the Role of Space in U.S. Global Domination," include Maine Veterans for Peace and Peace Action Maine. Staff Writer Kevin Wack can be contacted at 282-8226 or at: kwack@pressherald.com ******************************************************* Missile defense called unproven So far, testing is unrealistic, GAO finds Washington Post - Saturday, April 24, 2004 Washington -- A congressional audit of the Bush administration's efforts to build a nationwide defense against ballistic missile attack warned Friday that the system, due to be fielded later this year, will be "largely unproven" because of a lack of realistic testing. The report, by the General Accounting Office, said the eight flight intercepts attempted so far have been largely "repetitive and scripted," and that critical parts of the system have yet to be flight-tested together. Some elements that were to be part of the initial deployment phase have been deferred because of developmental glitches and production delays, the report noted. Nevertheless, the cost in 2004 and 2005 for developing and fielding the initial system -- which is to include 20 missile interceptors along with several ground- and sea-based radars -- rose by $1.12 billion to $7.36 billion over the past year, the report disclosed. The report's title -- "Actions Are Needed to Enhance Testing and Accountability" -- summed up the GAO's concerns. A number of the report's findings echo earlier reviews by the GAO and others, but the study represents the most extensive assessment so far by the agency, an investigative branch of Congress. It comes as the Pentagon is preparing to start lowering the first interceptor missiles into newly built silos in Alaska and California and declare the system operational during the summer or autumn. Construction of the system has been a high priority for the Bush administration, which is pursuing a series of anti-missile technologies with the aim of erecting a network of defenses to target warheads in various stages of flight. Funding for these projects has absorbed more research and development dollars than any other military program -- more, in fact, than the Army's entire R&D budget. The administration's request for fiscal 2005 tops $10 billion. ===== Roger LeisnerRadio Free MaineP.O. Box 2705Augusta, Maine 04338http://www.radiofreemaine.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover From stevbee@midcoast.com Sat May 8 01:32:59 2004 From: stevbee@midcoast.com (Steve Burke) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 19:32:59 -0500 Subject: [Megan] P&J Party - Dump bush! Message-ID: --============_-1128146057==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" There are still some tickets left, pick one up or call and reserve one today! Eat great food!!...Dance!!...Enjoy the wonderful music!!... Party!... Socialize! ... All $$$ raised will be used in the fight to dump bush and boot the neo cons out of our nation's capitol....Steve On Saturday, May 15, The Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra will raise the roof at Watt's Hall in Thomaston. A special dinner will be served at 7:00 PM. Catered by chef Scott Yakovenko of the Dip Net in Port Clyde. (reservation necessary) Dancing begins at 8:00 PM. Bring a partner or come solo. The dance is singles friendly. Works contributed by local artists will be raffled off at break time. This dinner / dance extravaganza is a fund raiser for the Midcoast Peace and Justice Group. $20.00 per person for dinner and dance - $8.00 suggested donation for dance only (at the door) Tickets for dinner may be purchased at the following locations: In Rockland at The Second Read or KarmaRama, in Camden at Wild Rufus in Belfast at The Green Store, Damariscotta at The Green Store and Thomaston at The Personal Book Shop. They may also be reserved by calling 372-6322. or by replying to this email. The event is co sponsored by the Collective Freedance (collectivefreedance@yahoo.com) *** Please Forward *** --============_-1128146057==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" P&J Party - Dump bush!


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Eat great food!!...Dance!!...Enjoy the wonderful music!!... Party!... Socialize! ... All $$$ raised will be used in the fight to dump bush and boot the neo cons out of our nation's capitol....Steve




On Saturday, May 15,  The  Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra will raise the roof at Watt's Hall in Thomaston.

A special dinner will be served at 7:00 PM. Catered  by chef Scott Yakovenko of the Dip Net in Port Clyde. (reservation necessary)

Dancing begins at 8:00 PM.  Bring a partner or come solo. The dance is singles friendly.

Works contributed by local artists will be raffled off at break time.

This dinner / dance extravaganza  is a fund raiser for the Midcoast Peace and Justice Group.

$20.00 per person for dinner and dance -  $8.00 suggested  donation for dance only (at the door)

Tickets for dinner may be purchased at the following locations: In Rockland at The Second Read or KarmaRama,  in Camden at Wild Rufus in Belfast at The Green Store,  Damariscotta at The Green Store and Thomaston at The Personal Book Shop. They may also be reserved by calling 372-6322. or by replying to this email.
The event is co sponsored by the Collective Freedance  (collectivefreedance@yahoo.com)

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--============_-1128146057==_ma============-- From robbins@downeast.net Sat May 8 02:50:06 2004 From: robbins@downeast.net (J&P Robbins) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 21:50:06 -0400 Subject: [Megan] FW: [dnc2004] Latest News On The DNC Message-ID: <005001c4349e$cd728c90$6aff6442@computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C4347D.4660EC90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----Original Message----- From: Bl(A)ck Tea Society [mailto:nodnc04@hush.com] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 3:49 PM http://blackteasociety.org nodnc04@hush.com Convention protests must meet new rules, Boston Globe 5-6-04 http://www.boston.com/news/politics/conventions/articles/2004/05/06/conv ention_protests_must_meet_new_rules/ Boston officials have issued new rules requiring groups to get additional approval before they can legally protest or hold other public events during the week of the Democratic National Convention. Civil liberties groups and Boston's main police union object that the application process, set up by the city exclusively for the week of the convention, will compromise their right to free speech. They say that Boston officials have erected a bureaucratic maze that will complicate and extend the process of getting approval. Demmie bashing tempting as terror target, Boston Herald 5-6-04 http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=19208 The upcoming Democratic National Convention poses ``a lot of problems'' for cops because of the city's relatively small police force, narrow streets and downtown public buildings, the Hub's top FBI agent said yesterday. ``It's going to be a strain on law enforcement,'' FBI Special Agent-in- Charge Ken Kaiser said during a meeting with the Herald yesterday. ``You look at New York City and they have 38,000 cops. We've got 2,000 state troopers and 2,000 (Boston police officers). It's going to be a tremendous challenge.'' Tension mounts for city, unions, Boston Globe 5-2-04 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/05/02/tensi on_mounts_for_city_unions/ Labor leaders negotiating contracts with the city say they have lost the momentum that appeared to be building just six weeks ago, and Boston's top negotiator, chief operating officer Dennis A. DiMarzio, now concedes that the city is unlikely to settle all union contracts by the Democratic National Convention in July, as it had hoped. City negotiators and Mayor Thomas M. Menino blame the unions, accusing them of stubbornly sticking to unrealistic demands. Labor leaders, meanwhile, say city representatives have been unyielding in negotiations, offering some unions settlement proposals that provide no raises in base pay for several years. They also say Menino, with his capacity to break deadlocks, has sharply limited his direct involvement in talks. DNC organizers are $4.6M short, Boston Business Journal 5-4-04 http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2004/05/03/daily21.html An additional $4.6 million is needed to meet its $64.5 million budget for the Democratic National Convention, the organizing body of the convention said. The budget shortfall is the latest issue facing convention planners, who have been working amid contentious local and state officials wrestling with issues ranging from the site itself to the security expected to be available. Invisible picketers, Boston Phoenix 4-30-04 http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/this_just_in/documents /03789088.asp This summer, David Lynn wants to create chaos. Or, as he puts it, "ruin the summer vacations" of the two major political parties. A 37-year-old self-described "computer geek who enjoys databases," Lynn is a Philly resident who watched the Republican National Convention descend on his city four years ago - and what he witnessed left him livid. "They shut down civil rights for a few days," he says over the phone from Pennsylvania. "I saw all these protesters getting arrested just for showing up." Concerned about your privacy? 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------=_NextPart_000_005F_01C4347D.637B7C50-- From ecology12@yahoo.com Sat May 8 20:41:32 2004 From: ecology12@yahoo.com (Rob Fish) Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 12:41:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Megan] Internship Opportunity: Maine "Town-by-Town" anti-GE crops organizer(s) In-Reply-To: <04df01c42e4e$ec98f330$399cc3d8@hppav> Message-ID: <20040508194132.30892.qmail@web40904.mail.yahoo.com> --0-805693573-1084045292=:30165 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii (PLEASE FWD!) Internship Opportunity Maine “Town-by-Town” Anti-GE Crops Organizer(s) Institute for Social Ecology Biotechnology Project Internships are available at any time between June 2004 and June 2005 The Institute for Social Ecology Biotechnology Project is seeking for up to three qualified interns to assist with efforts to pass town meeting resolutions against Genetically Engineered Crops in various communities across Maine. The internships are unpaid, based in a Maine community of your choice, and available for a duration of at least 400 hours during any period of time between June 2004 and June 2005 (possibly to be extended). To apply or for more information: Send letter and résumé to the ISE Maine Biotech Project at mainebiotechproject@hotmail.com, subject line “Maine internship”. Internship applications will be accepted until all positions are filled About the ISE Biotech Project: The Institute for Social Ecology's Biotechnology Project is an independent project of the Institute for Social Ecology (ISE), operating since 1997. The ISE Biotechnology Project is the only effort in the U.S. that is focused almost entirely on facilitating grassroots action around genetic engineering and other biotechnologies. The ISE Biotechnology Project has been a consistent voice for scientific clarity in the growing opposition to genetically engineered foods. As well, we are pushing for the enlarging of the debate to encompass the widest possible implications of genetic engineering and other biotechnologies, particularly the importance of the biotechnology industry's links to corporate driven globalization. Our approach to grassroots organizing is firmly grounded in the principles of decentralism, community control, and face-to-face democracy that are central to Social Ecology, and have been widely embraced by the growing movement against corporate-driven globalization. We anticipate that our work will continue to offer an important model for U.S. activists seeking a long-range, sustainable approach to activism, one that seeks to understand the widest implications of food biotechnology, rooted in an understanding of its social and political context, as well as the potential for sustainable alternatives Over the past several years, the ISE Biotech Project has been a major part of the effort in Vermont to pass anti-GE resolutions in 91 towns across Vermont, and now in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. As a result of this “town by town” effort, Vermont became the first state in the national to pass a GE Seed Labeling Law. Additional legislation designed to protect farmers from cross contamination (a Farmer Liability Bill) and legislation calling for a statewide moratorium on the planting of GE Crops is pending. The ISE is preparing to work with local groups to bring the town meeting resolution model (town-by-town model) to Maine with the goal of dozens of towns passing resolutions against GMO crops at Town Meeting in Spring 2005 (or possibly even on the ballot for November 2004). The Biotech Project is looking for up to 3 qualified interns to assist with the following efforts: 1) Conducting outreach to Maine farmers and other organizations to identify individuals and groups interested in mobilizing their communities to pass resolutions opposing GE crops. This effort will include: Circulating a "farmer to farmer" letter Providing grassroots support to individuals seeking to pass such resolutions Tabling at various festivals, farmers markets, and fairs signing up supporters/volunteers. Organize a speaking tour and other community events across Maine to raise the profile of biotech issues in the state. Identifying and researching Maine communities likely to be interested in being a part of the first round of towns in Maine to pass anti-GE resolutions. Develop a network of organizations, academics, doctors, scientists, VIPs, and elected officials who can speak out in favor of public interest solutions to the risks posed by genetically engineered crops. Build ant-GE coalitions among environmental, labor, academic, business, and church leaders in chosen communities. Identify allies in the state legislature and in local municipal government. Assist in collecting signatures required to local ballot access. Assist in the formation of local groups opposed to the planting of genetically engineered crops in their communities. Assist in fundraising efforts for the campaign. 2) Research into farming patterns/issues and local governance in Maine. This effort will include Research the current economic and cultural impact of organic farming in Maine Research the extent of genetically engineered seeds and hormone use in Maine and any examples of cross contamination. Filing FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests to Maine universities and state government. (eg. What research being done in the University of Maine system into the development of Genetically Engineered Trees?). Conduct public opinion surveys of various communities in Maine on the issue of GE crops. Research the battle between Maine and Monsanto over the Maine Quality Seal and Oakhurst Dairy. Research into the successful efforts to ban Bt corn in Maine. Research the legalities and processes for passing town meeting resolutions, as well as moratorium resolutions in various Maine communities. Build a media list for the state of Maine. Assist in fundraising efforts for the campaign. 3) Develop materials and implement successful messaging for the campaign in Maine. Cultivate relationships with key environmental, business, and technology reporters and editorial staff; organize news conferences; issue news releases; give TV and radio interviews; and generate op-ed pieces and letters-to-the-editor. Developing and maintaining a website/clearinghouse of info on GE crops and efforts to stop them in Maine. Website will contain a downloadable activist tool kit. Assist in the development of a statewide strategy to oppose the proliferation of GE crops. Develop creative ways to focus public attention on the risks of GE crops. Respond to pro-GE letters to the editor, opinion pieces, editorials and articles. As well as biotech industry funded attacks. Assist in the development and dissemination of materials throughout Maine. Assist in fundraising efforts for the campaign. Additionally, each intern will also be responsible for the following: 1) Participating in weekly conference calls with the Biotech Projects Maine organizer, as well as other coalition partners. 2) Submitting a weekly work plan and report 3) Assisting other organizers/interns during crunch times. 4) Recruiting volunteers Qualifications: Qualified applicants will have a strong commitment to grassroots organizing, excellent verbal, writing and analytical skills, the ability to debate and speak persuasively in a charged atmosphere, and enthusiasm for the work. Applicants should also have experience and/or be comfortable with public speaking, conducting outreach to a wide range of groups, various research methods and developing creative advocacy methods (theatre, art, radical cheers, floats, etc) to reach a wide audience. Knowledge of agriculture issues in Maine, local governance, and a familiarity with the issues surrounding Genetically Engineered crops desirable, but not required. 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Internship Opportunity

 

Maine “Town-by-Town” Anti-GE Crops Organizer(s)

Institute for Social Ecology Biotechnology Project

Internships are available at any time between June 2004 and June 2005

 

The Institute for Social Ecology Biotechnology Project is seeking for up to three qualified interns to assist with efforts to pass town meeting resolutions against Genetically Engineered Crops in various communities across Maine. The internships are unpaid, based in a Maine community of your choice, and available for a duration of at least 400 hours during any period of time between June 2004 and June 2005 (possibly to be extended). 

 

To apply or for more information:

 

Send letter and résumé to the ISE Maine Biotech Project at mainebiotechproject@hotmail.com, subject line “Maine internship”.

Internship applications will be accepted until all positions are filled

 

 

About the ISE Biotech Project:

 

The Institute for Social Ecology's Biotechnology Project is an independent project of the Institute for Social Ecology (ISE), operating since 1997. The ISE Biotechnology Project is the only effort in the U.S. that is focused almost entirely on facilitating grassroots action around genetic engineering and other biotechnologies.

 

The ISE Biotechnology Project has been a consistent voice for scientific clarity in the growing opposition to genetically engineered foods. As well, we are pushing for the enlarging of the debate to encompass the widest possible implications of genetic engineering and other biotechnologies, particularly the importance of the biotechnology industry's links to corporate driven globalization.

 

Our approach to grassroots organizing is firmly grounded in the principles of decentralism, community control, and face-to-face democracy that are central to Social Ecology, and have been widely embraced by the growing movement against corporate-driven globalization. We anticipate that our work will continue to offer an important model for U.S. activists seeking a long-range, sustainable approach to activism, one that seeks to understand the widest implications of food biotechnology, rooted in an understanding of its social and political context, as well as the potential for sustainable alternatives

 

Over the past several years, the ISE Biotech Project has been a major part of the effort in Vermont to pass anti-GE resolutions in 91 towns across Vermont, and now in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.  As a result of this “town by town” effort, Vermont became the first state in the national to pass a GE Seed Labeling Law.  Additional legislation designed to protect farmers from cross contamination (a Farmer Liability Bill) and legislation calling for a statewide moratorium on the planting of GE Crops is pending. The ISE is preparing to work with local groups to bring the town meeting resolution model (town-by-town model) to Maine with the goal of dozens of towns passing resolutions against GMO crops at Town Meeting in Spring 2005 (or possibly even on the ballot for November 2004).

 

The Biotech Project is looking for up to 3 qualified interns to assist with the following efforts:

 

1)  Conducting outreach to Maine farmers and other organizations to identify individuals and groups interested in mobilizing their communities to pass resolutions opposing GE crops.  This effort will include:

 

  • Circulating a "farmer to farmer" letter
  • Providing grassroots support to individuals seeking to pass such resolutions
  • Tabling at various festivals, farmers markets, and fairs signing up supporters/volunteers.
  • Organize a speaking tour and other community events across Maine to raise the profile of biotech issues in the state. 
  • Identifying and researching Maine communities likely to be interested in being a part of the first round of towns in Maine to pass anti-GE resolutions.
  • Develop a network of organizations, academics, doctors, scientists, VIPs, and elected officials who can speak out in favor of public interest solutions to the risks posed by genetically engineered crops.
  • Build ant-GE coalitions among environmental, labor, academic, business, and church leaders in chosen communities.
  • Identify allies in the state legislature and in local municipal government.
  • Assist in collecting signatures required to local ballot access. 
  • Assist in the formation of local groups opposed to the planting of genetically engineered crops in their communities.
  • Assist in fundraising efforts for the campaign.

 

2)  Research into farming patterns/issues and local governance in Maine.  This effort will include

 

  • Research the current economic and cultural impact of organic farming in Maine
  • Research the extent of genetically engineered seeds and hormone use in Maine and any examples of cross contamination.
  • Filing FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests to Maine universities and state government. (eg.  What research being done in the University of Maine system into the development of Genetically Engineered Trees?).
  • Conduct public opinion surveys of various communities in Maine on the issue of GE crops. 
  • Research the battle between Maine and Monsanto over the Maine Quality Seal and Oakhurst Dairy.
  • Research into the successful efforts to ban Bt corn in Maine.
  • Research the legalities and processes for passing town meeting resolutions, as well as moratorium resolutions in various Maine communities.
  • Build a media list for the state of Maine. 
  • Assist in fundraising efforts for the campaign.

 

3) Develop materials and implement successful messaging for the campaign in Maine.

 

  • Cultivate relationships with key environmental, business, and technology reporters and editorial staff; organize news conferences; issue news releases; give TV and radio interviews; and generate op-ed pieces and letters-to-the-editor.
  • Developing and maintaining a website/clearinghouse of info on GE crops and efforts to stop them in Maine.  Website will contain a downloadable activist tool kit. 
  • Assist in the development of a statewide strategy to oppose the proliferation of GE crops.
  • Develop creative ways to focus public attention on the risks of GE crops.
  • Respond to pro-GE letters to the editor, opinion pieces, editorials and articles.  As well as biotech industry funded attacks.
  • Assist in the development and dissemination of materials throughout Maine. 
  • Assist in fundraising efforts for the campaign.

 Additionally, each intern will also be responsible for the following:

 

1)  Participating in weekly conference calls with the Biotech Projects Maine organizer, as well as other coalition partners.

2)  Submitting a weekly work plan and report

3)  Assisting other organizers/interns during crunch times.

4)  Recruiting volunteers

 

Qualifications:

 

Qualified applicants will have a strong commitment to grassroots organizing, excellent verbal, writing and analytical skills, the ability to debate and speak persuasively in a charged atmosphere, and enthusiasm for the work.  Applicants should also have experience and/or be comfortable with public speaking, conducting outreach to a wide range of groups, various research methods and developing creative advocacy methods (theatre, art, radical cheers, floats, etc) to reach a wide audience.  Knowledge of agriculture issues in Maine, local governance, and a familiarity with the issues surrounding Genetically Engineered crops desirable, but not required.  Applicant must be able to work independently, as well as part of team with minimal supervision.  All applicants should have reliable transportation and be willing to travel around the state. 

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Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs --0-805693573-1084045292=:30165-- From Tim Sullivan" http://blackteasociety.org Police Shut Down Bl(A)ck Tea Society Meeting at MIT Written by Gene and Andrew from the BTS May 7, 2004 Photos from the incident http://www.blackteasociety.org/calls/meeting_shutdown.html#photos On Wednesday, May 5th 2004, when Bl(A)ck Tea Society members arrived for their scheduled meeting on the MIT campus, they were greeted by two armed and uniformed Cambridge police officers (one of which illegally refused to identify himself), the chief of the MIT campus police, and a plainclothed agent (who also refused to identify himself, but one of the the other officers referred to as Mike). They were guarding and blocking the door to our reserved room, denying us the meeting space we have used for months before. Bl(A)ck Tea Society members were never informed of any such cancellation of our room reservation. When asked about the matter, Chief of MIT campus police John DiFava refused to identify who was responsible for shutting the meeting space down, or even who directed him to block the entrance. However, in the last weeks, sources say that Kerry's Secret Service has visited the MIT campus multiple times to convince (or to simply inform) MIT officials that they should not allow the Bl(A)ck Tea Society, an expressly non-violent group, to meet on their premises. This is part of a larger pattern, according to the Boston Herald, the Secret Service has also visited Georgia, to pressure institutions not to host activists organizing for the upcoming G8 summit. The MIT administration had decided that the Bl(A)ck Tea Society were not to enter the scheduled meeting room, or have any other meetings on MIT property, under threat of police arrest. While surveillance and harassment targeting activist groups from law enforcement agencies is nothing new, as we approach the summer conventions there has been an increasing rate of incidents like this against area activists. It seems that the intense state repression targeting Boston activists protesting the Democratic National Convention has already begun. These tactics employed by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies are designed to intimidate activists out of legally organizing to exercise their first amendment rights. These kind of police tactics meant to intimidate and deter us will not accomplish their goals. As other local community and labor groups, as well as national organizations planning their own actions to counter the DNC, the Bl(A)ck Tea Society will continue to plan for it's three pronged approach to the Democratic National Convention; Open air bazaar and concert: http://www.blackteasociety.org/bazaar.html Convergence Center: http://www.blackteasociety.org/convergence.html A call for Decentralized Direct Action http://blackteasociety.org/calls/first.html We urge anyone interested in helping us in these efforts to check our website, http://www.blackteasociety.org, and come to one of our weekly meetings. Let's show the powers that be that despite their attempts, we WILL NOT be intimidated into ending our organizing! Contact the Bl(A)ck Tea Society at: nodnc04@hush.com From Tim Sullivan" http://maineindymedia.org/newswire/display/1293/index.php Basic Street Medic Training Portland Maine June 25-27, 2004 Email: atuffchick@riseup.net Phone: 207-632-7459 There is going to be a Basic Street Medic Training in Portland Maine on t= he weekend of June 25 =96 27. Space is going to be limited to 17-20 people s= o if your interested please contact atuffchick (at) riseup.net or 207-632-7459= as soon as possible Basic Street Medic Training Portland Maine June 25-27, 2004 This course is designed as a complete introduction to action medical knowledge and skills. The completion of this course will prepare you to serve as a street medic at political actions. Street medics also serve as= a source of health care information and resources within their communities, and so the training is open to anyone who wishes to gain greater first aid/medical knowledge to use in their lives and to share in their communi= ty. We cover Basic Street First Aid (from treating bleeding wounds to splinti= ng sprains and breaks to calling 911 for emergencies), Weather-Related Injuries, Street Operations Tactics, Initial Patient Assessment, Psychological First Aid, Chemical Weapons Treatments and Aftercare, and Stress Management and Treatment. We can also provide Skills Evaluations f= or folks who want them. You do not need to have any previous medical or first aid training in ord= er to attend this course. What Information Will Be Covered in the Training? Practical information on taking care of yourself and your friends if you plan to attend protest events. While the focus will be on urban street protests, much of the material may also be applicable to wilderness situations and first aid needs in your community. This includes preparing for actions, personal care, affinity group safety considerations, weather-related hazards, detox and aftercare, and your questions. Street Operations Tactics, including a presentation and discussion of cod= es of conduct and ethics, team makeup and teamwork, calling for backup, and dealing with police/EMS, how/when to move patients and how to conduct triage. Basic Street First Aid, including Initial Patient Assessment, treating bleeding wounds, splinting sprains and breaks, calling 911 for emergencie= s, and weather-related injuries. Psychological First Aid. How to recognize and assist people with emotiona= l distress whether it results from physical injury, excessive stress, or traumatic experience. Chemical Weapons Treatments and Aftercare. Covers a review of current chemical agents in use, a discussion of personal protection gear (gas mas= ks, respirators, etc), and a complete introduction to tear gas and pepper spr= ay decontamination and treatment protocols with demonstrations, hands-on practice and role-plays. Schedule The tentative schedule for this training is as follows: Friday evening, June 25 from 6-10 pm; Saturday, June 26 from 9 am to 7 pm= ; and Sunday, June 27 from 9 am to 7 pm. We encourage people to attend all of the training, and we will give registration preference to people who can attend all of the training sessions. We will provide specific information about the training and various logistics to registered participants before the training weekend. Food and Housing We hope to supply some vegan food for participants during the training. W= e also encourage participants to bring extra (preferably vegan) food to sha= re if they can. Housing during the training weekend is available on a first-come-first-served basis. If you will need housing, please contact atuffchick (at) riseup.net or 207-632-7459 as soon as possible. When you request housing for the training weekend, please tell us about any allergies, dietary restrictions, or other special needs you have so we ca= n try to accommodate your requests. Costs We have a sliding scale fee from $0 to $1000 for this training course, an= d we welcome barter in place of money. We do not want financial restriction= s to keep anyone from taking this course. We anticipate that our cost per trainee will be between $30 and $40, and we hope that collective donation= s from participants will cover our costs. Registration information at http://maineindymedia.org/newswire/display/1293/index.php From Tim Sullivan" http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.cfm?ID=422249 By Dawn Gagnon, Of the NEWS Staff e-mail Dawn Last updated: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Bangor pushes for Patriot Act review BANGOR - The city of Bangor on Monday night became the first community in Penobscot County and the third in the state to adopt a resolve urging Congress to amend portions of the USA Patriot Act in order to preserve individual rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. The resolve that councilors approved in an 8-1 vote in front of a sizeable crowd was not the draft staff prepared for their consideration, but rather a version hammered out earlier that day by two unlikely allies, at least on this issue: Councilor Frank Farrington, who originally opposed city councilors taking such a step, and William Sullivan, spokesman for the Bangor Committee for the Defense of the Bill of Rights. The committee first asked the council to adopt a resolve during a March 23 committee meeting. At issue was the USA Patriot Act, which President Bush signed into law on Oct. 26, 2001, shortly after the terrorist attacks against the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. The act purportedly was designed to provide federal authorities the tools and rights to intercept and obstruct terrorism. Critics say it dramatically expands authorities' access to information once deemed private - such as medical, mental health, library, business, financial and school information and other records - without probable cause or proof of a crime. They say it allows authorities to conduct secret searches, telephone and Internet surveillance, grants the U.S. attorney general and secretary of state unchecked power to declare domestic groups "terrorist organizations" and allows the attorney general to subject noncitizens to indefinite detention or deportation. Since the act was passed, an estimated 300 cities and towns, states and other government entities have adopted resolves opposing elements of the law. The list so far includes the cities of Waterville and Portland, the state of Maine, the Maine Civil Liberties Union and the Maine Library Association. Town councilors in Orono are slated to consider a similar measure in June. A problem with which several councilors grappled was what role, if any, should the city play in trying to bring about changes in federal policy, especially where it pertained to national security. Farrington, who noted his friendship with Sullivan went at least as far back as their children's teenage years, was among the council minority who initially did not believe it was appropriate for the council to take a position on a federal matter. Farrington further said he'd heard much about the act's shortcomings but nothing about "the common good." In some cases, he said, the welfare of all citizens was worth giving up some personal freedoms, especially if that meant preventing terrorist attacks. On Monday, Farrington and Sullivan worked together to hammer out an alternative resolve that Farrington felt he could support because it provided a more balanced approach to the issue. Instead of condemning specific provisions of the act expanding federal authority's investigative powers, the version the council ultimately adopted called upon Congress to closely review them "in light of the need to protect the common good and safety." Sullivan said he was pleased with the outcome. "I am completely satisfied, as a member of the committee that brought this forward, that this does the job," he said. Scott Ruffner, also of the committee, agreed: "I would say that this resolution is important because it adds Bangor to a growing list of cities and counties that are experiencing problems with some provisions of the Patriot Act." Ruffner added that the council's willingness to discuss the Patriot Act during committee meetings and at the council level helped raise awareness and educate the community on the matter. Voting to adopt the resolve in addition to Farrington were Council Chairman Dan Tremble and Councilors Ann Allen, Peter D'Errico, Geoffrey Gratwick, Richard Greene, David Nealley and Gerry Palmer. Councilor John Cashwell, a Vietnam veteran, cast the sole opposing vote. "I'm going to speak for people who don't think this is necessary," Cashwell said. From ellabill@wtvl.net Tue May 11 16:12:32 2004 From: ellabill@wtvl.net (William Frawley) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:12:32 -0400 Subject: [Megan] removal from list Message-ID: <001201c4376a$6436f1c0$1e21a78e@w7j6n9> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C43748.DB401700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please remove me from your mailing list. 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------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C43748.DB401700-- From Tim Sullivan" http://maineindymedia.org/newswire/display/1307/index.php PATRIOT Act Resolution Public Hearing in Orono, Maine by julia julia.trunzo@umit.maine.edu 11 May 2004 This is a CALL TO ACTION. We need a strong show of support on June 14th at 7:30pm when this issue comes to a Public Hearing at the Orono Town Council Meeting. A group of concerned Orono community members are proposing that our community pass a PATRIOT Act Resolution, which encourages policy makers to re-examine this hastily passed piece of legislation. As many of you know, shortly after September 11th the PATRIOT Act was rushed through our federal governemnt. Most elected officials had a mere 36-hours to read the 342 page Act before being pressured to sign it due to the intense political climate of the time. 300+ communities and 4 states (Maine is one of them!) have passed resolutions voicing their concern and urging the federal government to take a close look at this dangerous Act, which jeopardizes the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment. Portland, Waterville, and Bangor (Crongrats as of 5/10/04) have already passed similar resolutions. Orono is building a strong coalition. We are also in the process of collecting resources that will benenfit other communities that desire to pass a PATRIOT Act Resolution for the protection of the civil rights of their community members. If you live, work, or play in or around Orono (or are simply interested in democracy at work) please join us on June 14th at 7:30pm in the Orono Town Hall as we voice our concern and make a case for tthe adoption of a PATRIOT Act Resolution. The more the merrier. Take a symbolic stand for civil rights and democracy. From lwilliamslaw@earthlink.net Thu May 13 01:37:36 2004 From: lwilliamslaw@earthlink.net (lwilliamslaw@earthlink.net) Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 20:37:36 -0400 Subject: [Megan] MPR Broadcast of Lynne Stewart speech Message-ID: <269620-22004541303736369@M2W075.mail2web.com> This Friday MPR will be broadcasting a speech given by Lynne Stewart at th= e Maine Law School, sponsored by the NLG=2E She is a fabulous woman and attorney, who has essentially been made the poster child for the Justice Dept's attacks on civil liberties=2E Lynne Williams Friday, 5/14/04:=20 12:30pm: MAINEWATCH=20 1pm: SPEAKING IN MAINE=20 The speaker is Lynne Stewart, a New York criminal defense attorney who has= made a career out of defending unpopular clients=2E She defended Sheik Oma= r Abdel Rahman, the leader of Egyptian radical group Gama'a Islamiya=2E Stew= art was indicted on charges that she facilitated communication between the leaders of the Gama'a Islamiya and the imprisoned sheik=2E She believes th= e indictment is fueled by the Bush administration's desire to demonstrate to= the public that it is winning the war on terrorism=2E Stewart spoke recent= ly at the University of Maine Law School in Portland=2E=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web=2Ecom/ =2E From rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com Thu May 13 17:27:19 2004 From: rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com (Roger Leisner) Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 09:27:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Megan] Michael Parenti on Global Conquest and Corporate Empire Message-ID: <20040513162719.33978.qmail@web40307.mail.yahoo.com> Radio Free Maine presents Michael Parenti speaking on Global Conquest and Corporate Empire Michael Parenti received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. He has taught at a number of colleges and universities, in the United States and abroad. Michael Parenti has won awards from Project Censored, the Caucus for a New Political Science, New Jersey Peace Action, the city of Santa Cruz, and various academic and political organizations. He also serves on the board of judges for Project Censored, and on the advisory boards of Independent Progressive Politics Network (IPPN), Education Without Borders, and the Jasenovic Foundation; as well as the advisory editorial boards of New Political Science and Nature, Society and Thought. He is the author of seventeen books including: The Assassination of Julius Caesar (The New Press, 2003) The Terrorism Trap (City Lights Books, 2002) Democracy for the Few (Wadsworth, seventh edition, 2002) To Kill a Nation (Verso Books, 2001) History as Mystery (City Lights Books, 1999) America Besieged (City Lights Books, 1998) Blackshirts and Reds (City Lights Books, 1997) Dirty Truths (City Lights Books, 1996) Against Empire (City Lights Books, 1995) Inventing Reality (Wadsworth, second edition, 1993) Land of Idols (St. Martin's, 1993) Make-Believe Media (Wadsworth, 1992) The Sword and the Dollar (St. Martin's, 1989) Introduced by Christopher Sharrett of Seton Hall University. Recorded by Mike Hajduk (Konnections: Alternative News & Views) on September 29, 2003 at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. Speech 67 minutes Q&A Period 22 minutes Available on audiotape cassette for $11.00, audio CD for $12.50, VHS videotape for $20.00 and DVD video for $20.00. Please make check payable to Roger Leisner and mail to Radio Free Maine P.O. Box 2705 Augusta, Maine 04338 ===== Roger LeisnerRadio Free MaineP.O. Box 2705Augusta, Maine 04338http://www.radiofreemaine.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 From uppitydisability@hotpop.com Fri May 14 15:03:11 2004 From: uppitydisability@hotpop.com (Mike Reynolds) Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:03:11 -0400 Subject: [Megan] ride to amy goodman @ USM Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20040514100110.02501860@pop3.dod.net> Hi all- Anyone going to the USM lecture from the lewiston area or can provide a ride at least home??? Willing to trade gas $$, some good music or conversation... Mike Reynolds From Tim Sullivan" Please forward this to folks in Franklin and Somerset Counties. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Mason" NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT DP 4689 NESTLE WATERS NORTH AMERICA, INC PIERCE POND AND SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIPS SOMERSET COUNTY The Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 to provide information about the spring water pumping station proposed by Nestle Waters North America, Inc (NWNA) for Pierce Pond and Spring Lake Townships, Somerset County. The proposed proj= ect includes a pumping station comprised of one loading building; two housed production wells; and a paved, gated access road. The spring water would = be shipped by truck to NWNA=92s bottling facilities in Hollis and Poland Spr= ing, Maine, using the Long Falls Dam Road. The May 19th meeting will be held at the Central Elementary School in Nor= th New Portland and will start at 6:00 pm. The public is invited to attend. Representatives of various other state agencies and NWNA will also be present to answer questions. Copies of the permit application are available for viewing at LURC=92s Greenville and Augusta offices, the Somerset County Commissioner=92s offi= ce, and through Highland Plantation=92s First Assessor. More information on t= he application and the upcoming public meeting can be obtained by contacting Marcia Spencer Famous at LURC=92s Augusta office at (207) 287-4933. From Tim Sullivan" 2004 Burdock Gathering----- Original Message ----- From: Resist207 resist207@riseup.net 2004 Burdock: a gathering for a free and sustainable future. August 10th - 17th Starks, Me Your summer won=B9t be complete unless you and your friends come to burdo= ck where we will work to uproot this unsustainable system. We will be sharpening our burrs and clinging to those going to NYC to Resist the Republican National Convention, while planting the seeds of revolution here... Be prepared for: Urban/rural and cross generation networking Direct action training Workshops, discussions, and skillshares Childrens workshops Campfires, swimming, music and art Lots of fun and lots of free healthy food Potential Workshops and Discussions Do-it-yourself skillshares Sustainable living skills & wild crafting Biodiversity and environmental protection Indigenous struggles Race, gender, sex and sexuality Capitalism and class War, Peace and Terrorism Political prisoners: struggles and support Unschooling and youth empowerment Direct Action strategies At Burdock we are all both participants and facilitators so everyone is encouraged to bring and share: workshops, skills, music, art, and food. If you have a workshop or something you are planning to offer please indicate so on your registration form, but last minute contributions are also welcome. A schedule of workshops and music will be available closer= to the event and will be sent out with your orientation information, it will also be posted on the website. *Urban/rural and cross generation networking* This year we are making a concerted effort to make Burdock an urban/rural and cross generation networking event. We want people of all ages and societal regions to not only feel welcome to come but to be active particapants. Talk to people about Burdock and invite them to come. Inv= ite your friends, neighbors, kids and parents and invite them to bring their friends from the city and the country. Ask them to invite folks to brin= g a workshop with them and ask people to consider providing childcare while they=B9re here. A PDF version of the registration form and flyer is available by email PO Box 1582 Portland, Maine 04104 burdock@riseup.net 207-775-0270 *Coming Soon* www.burdockgathering.net Please pre-register at the above address. When you register you will receive details about the event including: a workshop schedule, direction= s, and what to bring. ________________________________________________________________________ Burdock Registration Please pre-register by sending this to Box 1582, Portland, ME 04104 or emailing burdock@riseup.net by August 1. When you register you will rece= ive details about the event including: a workshop schedule, directions, and w= hat to bring. Who are you? Name or Nickname:__________________________________________________ Address:___________________________________________________________ Phone Number or Email:______________________________________________ How many/which days are you planning on joining us?____________________ = Do you need or could you offer a ride?___________________________________ If so, could you give more details:______________________________________= _ _________________________________________________________________________= ___ How many kids will you be bringing to Burdock?_________________________ Do you have special needs such as: diet, accessibility, translation, or anything? _________________________________________________________________________= ___ What can you contribute? Translation for workshops?____ If so, what language_____________ Sawdust from non pressure-treated lumber____5 gallon buckets____ Toilet paper____ Food____ Cooking materials____ Medic support____ Medical supplies_____Army-sized tents for workshops____ Something else___= _ Please describe your donation?_________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Will you be offering a workshop? Workshop Name:____________________________________________________ Description:________________________________________________________ Length:______________________ Days Available:_________________________ Please provide the materials for your workshop. If you are offering a workshop please contact: burdock@riseup.net or 207-775-0270. With two hundred or more people coming to Burdock we need to create facilities such as a kitchen, workshop area, composting toilets, and camp= ing and fire areas. If your interested in helping please contact us. Please Circle Set-up Yes / No Clean-up Yes / No People will be volunteering to sign up for shifts to help with things su= ch as the welcome table, childcare, cooking, firewood collection, clean up, = and more. Info will be posted when you get there. Burdock is free to anyone who wants to come. All donations are greatly appreciated. If you know of any groups or individuals that are able to contribute larger donations of money, food and/or equipment please give t= hem our contact information. _________________________________________________________________________= ___ This years organizers are a mix of ages and genders and we live in rural = and urban areas. We are mostly identified as white. We are all dedicated= to working for a free and sustainable future. -2004 Burdock Organizing Committee _________________________________________________________________________= __ From rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com Sat May 15 20:54:48 2004 From: rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com (Roger Leisner) Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 12:54:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Megan] Immigration News Briefs Message-ID: <20040515195448.40140.qmail@web40303.mail.yahoo.com> Thought Mainers would like to know what's happening in regard to immigrants and aliens, and how to stay in touch (see below). SAN DIEGO: TROLLEY RAIDS RESUME Immigration officials acknowledged on May 11 that the Border Patrol had stepped up "sweeps" targeting undocumented immigrants on public transport around San Diego County. Rights advocates say the increase came in late March, and that the Border Patrol has also conducted more raids around supermarkets, swap meets and other public areas in predominantly Latino neighborhoods. Border Patrol spokesperson Raul Martinez said the agency began operating a program in April called Trans Check, involving random inspections at public transportation stations. Martinez said he was unaware how many agents were assigned to the unit or how many people had been arrested. A similar sweep of San Diego trolleys and buses in February 2002 was halted after community groups protested racial profiling and transport officials complained of a drop in ridership [see INB 3/1/02, 10/4/02]. Benjamin Prado, an activist with the Raza Rights Coalition who sued the Border Patrol in October 2002 for beating and arresting him as he videotaped a trolley raid, said the return of the raids shows that officials "are trying to intimidate the community and create an atmosphere of fear." [North County Times (San Diego) 5/12/04; American Friends Service Committee Press Release 4/29/04] The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) suggests calling Acting Border Patrol Chief Michael Nicely at 619-216-4000 to urge an end to the raids. [NNIRR Urgent Action 4/29/04] DAY LABOR RAIDS IN ALABAMA On Apr. 14 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials arrested 27 day laborers--three of them from Guatemala, the rest from Mexico--on a street in Hoover, Alabama, for being in the US without legal status. All 27 were detained at the Etowah County Jail, where a deputy said a group of 50 detainees was brought in Apr. 14. Chip Lollar, ICE officer in charge for Birmingham, said the agency did not arrest anyone in front of the Multicultural Resource Center, run by Catholic Family Services, which provides services and an alternate gathering place for the day laborers. [Birmingham News 4/23/04] RAIDS QUESTIONED IN HOUSTON On Apr. 26, some 400 people attended a meeting in Houston, Texas, to address rumors of immigration raids in the area. The rumors led immigrants to stay away from worksites and businesses, and to flee their homes to stay with relatives. Local ICE officials told the crowd they were not conducting raids. At a news conference earlier that day, immigrant rights advocates said they had investigated the rumors. "We could not prove there were raids," said Fernando Garcia of the Coordinating Committee for Human Rights of Houston. But activists said they documented 25 incidents which likely contributed to the panic, including seven in which immigration agents were spotted at worksites. Two people said immigration agents came to their homes looking for a specific person, and in one case, a resident was detained even though she was not the person sought. In addition, activists received credible reports that immigration vans and buses were being left in mostly Latino neighborhoods. [Houston Chronicle 4/27/04] ******************************************************* Immigration News Briefs (INB), a weekly English-language summary of US immigration news, is forwarded out to the email list of the Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants (CHRI). If you receive INB as a forwarded message, and you wish to subscribe directly to INB, or to the CHRI email list (which includes INB and local NYC area events, average 4-5 messages a week), write to nicajg@panix.com (indicate "CHRI list" or "INB only"). Contributions toward Immigration News Briefs are gladly accepted: they should be made payable and sent to Nicaragua Solidarity Network, 339 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012. (Tax-deductible contributions of $50 or more may be made payable to the A.J.Muste Memorial Institute and earmarked for "NSN".) ===== Roger LeisnerRadio Free MaineP.O. Box 2705Augusta, Maine 04338http://www.radiofreemaine.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ From robbins@downeast.net Mon May 17 01:42:13 2004 From: robbins@downeast.net (J&P Robbins) Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 20:42:13 -0400 Subject: [Megan] Pastors for Peace Freedom to Travel Challenge - Caravan to Cuba Message-ID: <000f01c43ba7$cf945ac0$0cfe6442@computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C43B86.4882BAC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable please post to lists =20 Maine caravan contacts: Judy Robbins robbins@downeast.net 326-4405; Steve Burke stevbee@midcoast.com 273-3247 =20 A STATEMENT -- AND A CALL TO ACTION -- FROM IFCO/PASTORS FOR PEACE: US/Cuba relations in crisis: Join us on the caravan this summer! For more than 12 years, IFCO/Pastors for Peace has worked tirelessly for a=20 more humane and reasoned US policy toward Cuba, and for an end to the immoral US economic=20 blockade. The longer we have worked in solidarity with Cuba, the more deeply impressed we=20 have been with all that Cuba has accomplished. We are inspired by the generous spirit of the=20 Cuban people; by their remarkable achievements in health care, education and culture; by their=20 determination to maintain their sovereignty; and by their consistent advocacy for the least=20 advantaged people of the world. Now Cuba is under serious threat, and it is more important than ever that we stand by their side. In recent days, the Bush administration has escalated its provocations and aggressions against Cuba. Among the many measures recently announced by Bush's so-called Presidential=20 Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba are - Plans to fly a C-130 military cargo plane constantly around Cuban waters, in order to beam in US government propaganda on TV/Radio Mart=ED - Millions of dollars in US appropriations to fund an internal opposition movement in Cuba - Increased restrictions on travel to Cuba, which will apply to educational institutions, and even to Cuban-Americans who would be allowed to visit Cuba only once every 3 years, only to visit their most immediate relatives, and only if they apply for a US Treasury license. As Bush's military adventure in Iraq becomes more chaotic and more tragic in its effects, and as his re-election seems more and more uncertain, we fear that he will work even harder to cater to the Cuban-Americans in Miami who helped assure Bush's 'victory' in 2000. Even more, we fear that Bush is sufficiently unstable that he might start yet another war just before the November election. Cuba is doing what it must do - preparing itself for the possibility of a US attack. On May 1st, millions of Cubans marched in Havana and other cities to proudly demonstrate their support for their independence and their revolution. Today again, on May 14, a million Cubans are mobilizing to march in protest of the new US assault. The Cuban government has just announced emergency economic measures to ensure that the country's precious economic=20 resources will stay focused on the long-term priority items that will benefit all Cubans, such=20 as fuel, food, health care and education. Cubans all across the island are stepping up their=20 resistance to US efforts to re- colonize them. In terms of world opinion of US foreign policy, we know that the US has never been more isolated. The rest of the world has consistently rejected US policy towards Cuba. At the United Nations the blockade has been condemned by virtually every country in the world. In=20 Congress there is a clear majority to end the travel ban and at least partially lift the blockade.=20 The great majority of US citizens see current US/Cuba policy as pointless, foolish, and=20 mean-spirited. And now even a majority of Cuban-Americans are looking for another way, as Bush's policies attack their basic rights and hurt their families back in Cuba. This is the political context in which IFCO/Pastors for Peace is launching our 15th Friendshipment Caravan, which will travel to Cuba in July. We are going to Cuba, as we=20 always do, proudly and openly, without asking for or accepting a US government license. We are=20 coordinating our efforts with three other organizations who will join in the travel challenge: the=20 Venceremos Brigade, the African Awareness Association, and the Committee to Free the Cuban=20 Five. By our presence together in Cuba and in this challenge, as citizens of the United States,=20 Mexico, Canada and a number of other countries, we will act as ambassadors: for a people-to-people foreign policy which is based on justice, compassion, mutual respect; and for the rejection of the blockade and the ban on travel to Cuba. Many of you reading this have supported the work of IFCO and our Friendshipment Caravans to Cuba over many years. All fourteen of our caravans have been important in raising public awareness about the need for policy change - but undoubtedly some of our caravans have been particularly instrumental in leading to actual changes in the enforcement of the blockade, in opening doors for aid, trade, and travel to Cuba. Our 15th caravan this summer comes at a=20 similarly crucial moment. Cuba has said it refuses to go back to being a colony of the US. It is time for all of us to take a stand in support of Cuba and against US intervention.=20 This is the moment, as Paul said to the Christians of Ephesus, to "...stand up against the wiles of the devil; for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities and the powers, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:11-12). This is the moment for us to take the role of the '"Good Samaritan," to convert our anguish into loving action, to extend ourselves for our neighbors in need. I urge you to make an extra effort to support this year's Friendshipment Caravan in every way that you can - but above all to support us with your presence as a caravanista. Stand with us for the forces of justice in our troubled world! Come with us to Cuba in July! Rev Lucius Walker IFCO Executive Director (Contact us for more information: 212-926-5757;=20 cucaravan@igc.org) http://www.ifconews.org =20 "Let us not love in word: but in deed and in truth." 1 John 3:18 IFCO/Pastors for Peace 402 W 145th Street, New York, NY 10031 212-926-5757; fax: 212-926-5842; web: http://www.ifconews.org =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C43B86.4882BAC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

please post = to=20 lists

 

Maine caravan contacts: Judy Robbins=20 robbins@downeast.net=20 326-4405; Steve Burke stevbee@midcoast.com=20 273-3247

 

A STATEMENT -- AND A CALL = TO ACTION=20 -- FROM IFCO/PASTORS FOR PEACE:
US/Cuba relations in = crisis: =20 Join us on the caravan this summer!


For more than 12 years,=20 IFCO/Pastors for=20 Peace=20 has worked tirelessly for a
more humane and reasoned=20 US policy toward=20 Cuba, and for an end to the = immoral=20 US economic
blockade. = The longer=20 we have worked in solidarity with = Cuba, the more deeply = impressed we=20
have been with all that Cuba has accomplished. We are = inspired=20 by the generous spirit of the
Cuban people; by their remarkable = achievements=20 in health care, education and culture; by their
determination to = maintain=20 their sovereignty; and by their consistent advocacy for the least =
advantaged=20 people of the world.

Now = Cuba is under serious threat, = and it is=20 more important than ever that we stand by their side.

In recent = days, the=20 Bush administration has escalated its provocations and aggressions = against=20 Cuba. Among the many measures = recently=20 announced by Bush's so-called Presidential
Commission for Assistance = to a=20 Free Cuba are
      - Plans to fly a C-130 = military=20 cargo plane constantly around Cuban waters, in order to beam in=20 US government propaganda on = TV/Radio=20 Mart=ED
      - Millions of dollars in=20 US appropriations to fund an = internal=20 opposition movement in Cuba
      - = Increased=20 restrictions on travel to Cuba, which will apply to educational = institutions,=20 and
      even to Cuban-Americans who would = be=20 allowed to visit Cuba only once every 3 = years,
     =20 only to visit their most immediate relatives, and only if they apply for = a=20 US Treasury = license.

As Bush's=20 military adventure in Iraq becomes more chaotic and more tragic in its = effects,=20 and as his re-election seems more and more uncertain, we fear that he = will work=20 even harder to cater to the Cuban-Americans in Miami who helped assure = Bush's=20 'victory' in 2000. Even more, we fear that Bush is sufficiently unstable = that he=20 might start yet another war just before the November election.=20 Cuba is doing what it must do = -=20 preparing itself for the possibility of a=20 US attack.

On May = 1st, millions=20 of Cubans marched in Havana and other cities to = proudly=20 demonstrate their
support for their independence and their = revolution. Today=20 again, on May 14, a million Cubans are mobilizing to march in protest of = the new=20 US assault. The Cuban = government has=20 just announced emergency economic measures to ensure that the country's = precious=20 economic
resources will stay focused on the long-term priority items = that=20 will benefit all Cubans, such
as fuel, food, health care and = education.=20 Cubans all across the island are stepping up their
resistance to=20 US efforts to re- colonize=20 them.

In terms of world opinion of=20 US foreign policy, we know = that the=20 US has never been more = isolated. The=20 rest of the world has consistently rejected=20 US policy towards=20 Cuba. At the United Nations = the blockade=20 has been condemned by virtually every country in the world. In =
Congress=20 there is a clear majority to end the travel ban and at least partially = lift the=20 blockade.
The great majority of US citizens see current=20 US/Cuba policy as pointless, = foolish,=20 and
mean-spirited. And now even a majority of Cuban-Americans are = looking=20 for another way, as Bush's policies attack their basic rights and hurt = their=20 families back in Cuba.

This is the = political=20 context in which IFCO/Pastors for=20 Peace=20 is launching our 15th Friendshipment Caravan, which will travel to=20 Cuba in July. We are going to=20 Cuba, as we
always do, = proudly and=20 openly, without asking for or accepting a=20 US government license. We = are=20
coordinating our efforts with three other organizations who will = join in the=20 travel challenge: the
Venceremos Brigade, the African Awareness = Association,=20 and the Committee to Free the Cuban
Five. By our presence together = in=20 Cuba and in this challenge, as = citizens=20 of the United=20 States,=20
Mexico,=20 Canada and a number of other = countries, we=20 will act as ambassadors: for a people-to-people foreign policy which is = based on=20 justice, compassion, mutual respect; and for the rejection of the = blockade and=20 the ban on travel to Cuba.

Many of you = reading this=20 have supported the work of IFCO and our Friendshipment=20 Caravans=20 to
Cuba over many years. All = fourteen of=20 our caravans have been important in raising public awareness about the = need for=20 policy change - but undoubtedly some of our caravans have been = particularly=20 instrumental in leading to actual changes in the enforcement of the = blockade, in=20 opening doors for aid, trade, and travel to=20 Cuba. Our 15th caravan this = summer comes=20 at a
similarly crucial=20 moment.

Cuba has said it refuses to go = back to=20 being a colony of the=20 US. It is time for all of us = to take=20 a
stand in support of Cuba and against=20 US intervention. =


This is the moment, as = Paul said=20 to the Christians of Ephesus, to "...stand up against the wiles of the = devil;=20 for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the = principalities and=20 the powers, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians = 6:11-12).=20 This is the moment for us to take the role of the '"Good Samaritan," to = convert=20 our anguish into loving action, to extend ourselves for our neighbors in = need.

I urge you to make an extra effort to support this year's=20 Friendshipment Caravan in every way that you can = - but=20 above all to support us with your presence as a = caravanista.

Stand with=20 us for the forces of justice in our troubled world! Come with us to=20 Cuba in July!

Rev = Lucius=20 Walker
IFCO Executive Director

(Contact us for more = information:=20 212-926-5757;
<mailto:cucaravan@igc.org>cucaravan@igc.org) http://www.ifconews.org

&nbs= p; "Let=20 us not love in word: but in deed and in truth." 1 John=20 3:18

IFCO/Pastors for=20 Peace
402 W 145th=20 Street,=20 New = York,=20 NY = 10031
212-926-5757;  = fax:=20 212-926-5842; web: http://www.ifconews.org

 

------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C43B86.4882BAC0-- From Tim Sullivan" Ralph Nader - Independent candidate for President - is touring the Northeast and will be in Maine the evening of Thursday, May 27th. This will be an opportunity to organize the campaign here and start the collection of signatures to put him on the ballot. If you are interested in attending or can't attend and would like to get involved, please contact me off-list at tims@sullboat.com - more info on the campaign at http://www.votenader.org/ Declare your independence! Tim From wolfspiritm@excite.com Wed May 19 16:28:02 2004 From: wolfspiritm@excite.com (Marie Zwicker) Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:28:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Megan] FW: [pbpeace] Emergency right now Message-ID: <20040519152802.EE28F3E7B@xprdmailfe6.nwk.excite.com> --EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__5258488bb6a79eb26f21ca0fe857ce50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! --EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__5258488bb6a79eb26f21ca0fe857ce50 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="[pbpeace] Emergency right now"; Content-Description: [pbpeace] Emergency right now Return-Path: Delivered-To: wolfspiritm@xprdmailbe.nwk.excite.com Received: (qmail 23453 invoked from network); 19 May 2004 15:02:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([10.50.30.241]) (envelope-sender ) by 0 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 19 May 2004 15:02:19 -0000 Return-Path: Received: from n22.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n22.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.78]) by xprdmx30.nwk.excite.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D20B4BDA6 for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 10:55:47 -0400 (EDT) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-8249396-1823-1084978933-wolfspiritm=excite.com@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.27] by n22.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 19 May 2004 15:02:14 -0000 X-Sender: beadspot@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: pbpeace@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 2246 invoked from network); 19 May 2004 15:02:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m21.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 19 May 2004 15:02:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web13523.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.174.161) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 May 2004 15:02:12 -0000 Message-ID: <20040519150201.7949.qmail@web13523.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.209.236.145] by web13523.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 19 May 2004 08:02:01 PDT To: Palm beach peace X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 216.136.174.161 From: Sarah X-Yahoo-Profile: beadspot MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list pbpeace@yahoogroups.com; contact pbpeace-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list pbpeace@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 08:02:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [pbpeace] Emergency right now Reply-To: pbpeace@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Gbh8YHTPZpApelIOpSmb0SkvTfKrjPkexQpfM5r" X-FII-Tracking: 0.000000 --Gbh8YHTPZpApelIOpSmb0SkvTfKrjPkexQpfM5r Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Emergency right now Dear Friends - Please forward far & wide! Friends, We need your help. There is an emergency situation right now in the Gaza Strip and the town of Rafah, in particular, with scenes that bring to mind Israel's invasion of Jenin and Nablus in the spring of 2002. So far today, 18 Palestinians were killed, but the action continues. Last weekend, 116 homes were destroyed, making over a thousand people homeless (www.btselem.org). Hundreds more are slated for destruction. Amira Hass, filing dramatic daily reports from inside Rafah, describes the scenes of people grabbing their children and whatever comes to hand and fleeing their homes, anticipating the entry of the bulldozer-tanks (www.haaretzdaily.com). Even Yossi Sarid from the Yahad Party (formerly called Meretz), normally a staunch defender of the IDF, described actions in Rafah as "war crimes". My friend In'am called me from Gaza trembling with fear, and reported that the Palestinian news broadcaster broke down in tears as he spoke. Many -- Israelis, internationals and Palestinians -- are desperately trying to halt the bloodshed. The Israeli women's peace movement just placed an ad in Ha'aretz calling for an immediate halt to the violence and renewal of negotiations for a peace agreement that will extract us from all the occupied territories ("True and enduring solutions," we wrote, "are attained by negotiation, not destruction, revenge or humiliation"). This morning, forty women drove to Gaza to see if they could intervene physically, but they are being prevented from entering Gaza by the army. The women have set up an encampment at the Sufa checkpoint and say they will not leave until the army stops its actions there. Other peace and human rights organizations have placed newspaper ads, and many are organizing a larger delegation to join the women on Friday. International figures have begun to speak out, but we need more, and quickly. Can you please take a moment to write a letter (email or fax) or make a phone call to any or all of the list below? A sample letter is appended. Please take a minute to try to save someone's life or home. Imagine that you had to walk out the door of your home at this very moment, with nothing but what your arms can carry, and you would never see your home or its contents ever again. Please make a couple of calls. Gila Svirsky ********************************** Coalition of Women for Peace: http://www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org ********************************** Sample letter text: There is an emergency situation in the Gaza Strip right now. Please demand that Prime Minister Sharon halt the death and destruction wrought there by the Israeli army. The cycle of bloodshed must end. Contact people (First try the US, European and UN officials. All the fax numbers work): (1) President George W. Bush -- Tel (202) 456-2461; Fax (202) 456-2461. (2) Secretary of State Colin Powell -- Tel (202) 261-8577; Fax (202) 261-8577. (3) US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer -- Tel in Israel: (+972-3) 519-7575 webmaster@usembassy-israel.org.il (4) Your member of Congress: Call the Capital switchboard toll-free: 1-800-839-5276 and ask to be connected to your member of Congress. For your information, you can send a free fax by internet (to certain places only, but definitely area code 202 in the US) at http://www.tpc.int/sendfax.html. Note that this is a service provided for free, but is not to be used for bulk fax mailings because they can only handle a relatively limited number of faxes at once. [Thanks, Mike Wolfson, for this info.] (5) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, coi@un.org (6) Council of the European Union, public.info@consilium.eu.int (7) European Union, civis@europarl.eu.int (8) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Fax (+972 2) 670-5361 rohm@pmo.gov.il (9) Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz, Fax (+972 3) 691-6940 sar@mod.gov.il (10) Minister of Justice Yosef Lapid, Fax: (+972 2) 628-5438 sar@justice.gov.il Thanks for doing this -- but please don't send me a copy of your letters, or I'll be flooded (I hope...). Gila ===== vote green for a change www.gp.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ --Gbh8YHTPZpApelIOpSmb0SkvTfKrjPkexQpfM5r Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Emergency right now

Dear Friends - Please forward far & wide!

Friends,

We need your help.

There is an emergency situation right now in the Gaza
Strip and the
town of Rafah, in particular, with scenes that bring
to mind Israel's
invasion of Jenin and Nablus in the spring of 2002.
So far today, 18
Palestinians were killed, but the action continues.
Last weekend, 116 homes
were destroyed, making over a thousand people homeless

(www.btselem.org). Hundreds more are slated for
destruction. Amira Hass, filing
dramatic daily reports from inside Rafah, describes
the scenes of people
grabbing their children and whatever comes to hand and
fleeing their
homes, anticipating the entry of the bulldozer-tanks
(www.haaretzdaily.com).
Even Yossi Sarid from the Yahad Party (formerly called
Meretz),
normally a staunch defender of the IDF, described
actions in Rafah as "war
crimes". My friend In'am called me from Gaza
trembling with fear, and
reported that the Palestinian news broadcaster broke
down in tears as he
spoke.

Many -- Israelis, internationals and Palestinians --
are desperately
trying to halt the bloodshed. The Israeli women's
peace movement just
placed an ad in Ha'aretz calling for an immediate halt
to the violence
and renewal of negotiations for a peace agreement that
will extract us
from all the occupied territories ("True and enduring
solutions," we
wrote, "are attained by negotiation, not destruction,
revenge or
humiliation"). This morning, forty women drove to
Gaza to see if they could
intervene physically, but they are being prevented
from entering Gaza by
the army. The women have set up an encampment at the
Sufa checkpoint and
say they will not leave until the army stops its
actions there. Other
peace and human rights organizations have placed
newspaper ads, and
many are organizing a larger delegation to join the
women on Friday.

International figures have begun to speak out, but we
need more, and
quickly. Can you please take a moment to write a
letter (email or fax)
or make a phone call to any or all of the list below?
A sample letter
is appended.

Please take a minute to try to save someone's life or
home. Imagine
that you had to walk out the door of your home at this
very moment, with
nothing but what your arms can carry, and you would
never see your home
or its contents ever again. Please make a couple of
calls.

Gila Svirsky

**********************************
Coalition of Women for Peace:
http://www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org
**********************************

Sample letter text:

There is an emergency situation in the Gaza Strip
right now. Please
demand that Prime Minister Sharon halt the death and
destruction wrought
there by the Israeli army. The cycle of bloodshed
must end.

Contact people (First try the US, European and UN
officials. All the
fax numbers work):

(1) President George W. Bush -- Tel (202) 456-2461;
Fax (202) 456-2461.

(2) Secretary of State Colin Powell -- Tel (202)
261-8577; Fax (202)
261-8577.

(3) US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer -- Tel in
Israel: (+972-3)
519-7575
webmaster@usembassy-israel.org.il

(4) Your member of Congress:
Call the Capital switchboard toll-free: 1-800-839-5276
and ask to be
connected to your member of Congress.

For your information, you can send a free fax by
internet (to certain
places only, but definitely area code 202 in the US)
at
http://www.tpc.int/sendfax.html. Note that this is a
service provided
for free, but is not to be used for bulk fax mailings
because they can
only handle a relatively limited number of faxes at
once. [Thanks, Mike
Wolfson, for this info.]

(5) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, coi@un.org

(6) Council of the European Union,
public.info@consilium.eu.int

(7) European Union, civis@europarl.eu.int

(8) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Fax (+972 2) 670-5361
rohm@pmo.gov.il

(9) Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz, Fax (+972 3)
691-6940
sar@mod.gov.il

(10) Minister of Justice Yosef Lapid, Fax: (+972 2)
628-5438
sar@justice.gov.il

Thanks for doing this -- but please don't send me a
copy of your
letters, or I'll be flooded (I hope...).
Gila

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--Gbh8YHTPZpApelIOpSmb0SkvTfKrjPkexQpfM5r-- --EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__5258488bb6a79eb26f21ca0fe857ce50-- From wolfspiritm@excite.com Wed May 19 16:51:40 2004 From: wolfspiritm@excite.com (Marie Zwicker) Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:51:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Megan] Fwd: [shobak_news] EMPIRE: An Ugly Prison Record Message-ID: <20040519155140.429673E63@xprdmailfe6.nwk.excite.com> > --- Begin Attached Message--- >From John Whitlow

One of the things that's really irritated me about the
reporting of the abuse/torture at Abu Ghraib is the
self-righteousness of many American commentators.
It's hard to find an op-ed on the subject that doesn't
express: (1) shock and surprise at the barbarity of
what happened; and (2) concern for how the scandal has
damaged our 'moral authority.'
So for the past week, I've been saying-- mostly to
myself-- that these reporters are either naive or
stupid. What about all the fucked up stuff our
government has done at home and abroad for centeries?

So imagine my delight at finding an article that spoke
to just that sentiment...

An Ugly Prison Record
Given the Way it Treats its own Inmates, America
Shouldn't be Shocked at the Abuse of Iraqis

by Christopher Reed


For a nation founded on slavery and genocide,
Americans retain an astonishingly enduring faith in
their continuing righteousness. They are sounding this
note again as the prison torture scandal continues in
Iraq.

In a column in the New York Times last week, Middle
East analyst Thomas Friedman warned that the
revelations created the "danger of losing America as
an instrument of moral authority and inspiration in
the world."

Does he not read the world's newspapers? Uncle Sam as
moral authority?

Other U.S. pundits similarly harrumphed about
America's endangered integrity and leadership.
President George W. Bush himself said the prison
mistreatments were not the American way.

But they were, and they are.

Friedman's column was headlined, "Restoring our
honor," but the abuse of prisoners surprises nobody
who reads newspapers or scans the Internet. Americans
have been mistreating and torturing their fellow
Americans in their own lock-ups for decades. What
honor is there to restore?

In "liberal" California, horror stories have appeared
for years from hellholes such as Pelican Bay prison,
where they house "the worst of the worst" — and also
inflict the worst brutalities. A prisoner dumped in
scalding water so his skin peeled off like old
varnish; prisoners left naked outside in rainy and
bitter weather for days; multiple beatings and rapes;
several unexplained deaths.

In Corcoran prison, California, guards held their own
Roman gladiator games with prisoners pitted against
each other in fights to the near death. A disliked and
defenseless prisoner was placed in the same cell as
the biggest and baddest sex criminal — known as the
Booty Bandit — to be duly raped to the amusement of
the prisoner's supposed guardians.

Pelican Bay is such a fearful place, with prisoners
kept under perpetual scrutiny while unable to see any
other human being, a psychiatrist told a court that
many were going insane.

A federal judge finally ordered reforms, as did
another over Corcoran, but there is little evidence
that either have become proper places even to house
the worst.

Similar reports surface across America. Texas is
especially bad.

Significantly, private, for-profit prisons have some
of the worst records.

They often have such poor medical facilities that
prisoners die from curable conditions, as Harper's
magazine revealed in an exhaustive inquiry last year.

California holds more prisoners than Britain, France,
Germany, and Canada combined, yet jails are still
grossly overcrowded. Conditions in many southern U.S.
prisons resemble some of the worst of the developing
world, with prisoners sleeping on filthy floors
overrun by rats.

In 1999, it was reported that 13 women at California's
state-run Chowchilla female detention center had died
the previous year from negligent, or non-existent,
medical care. Amnesty International reported in 1999
that male guards in several U.S. states routinely
raped female prisoners.

In a book published in 2001, Going Up The River,
former Wall Street Journal reporter Joseph Hallinan
told of visiting a prison in Alabama where chained
inmates still broke boulders with sledgehammers.

The sheriff of Phoenix, Ariz. was re-elected by loyal
voters after bringing in female convict chain gangs.
All this has been going on since Saddam Hussein was a
young man.

It has worsened in recent years, despite a massive
prison-building program that now incarcerates 2
million, the world's largest prison population.

Yet Americans have mostly ignored the disgrace of
their penal system.

They became so fearful of crime, they lost
consideration for the lives of criminals. Any idea of
rehabilitation has been abandoned. Even when scandals
over mistreatment do emerge, many say the inmates
deserve it.

This does not excuse commentators such as Friedman, or
the shocked, shocked, demeanor of U.S. news anchors
and commentators.

Yet the details from Iraq itself support the view that
prisoner abuse in Iraq was inevitable.

At Abu Ghraib prison, the alleged main perpetrator is
staff sergeant Ivan "Chip" Frederick, 37, the senior
of six non-officers charged with cruelty and other
mistreatment. He is a part-time military policeman
called up last year for service in Baghdad — and was a
prison guard for six years in Virginia.

Another reflection on the role of private enterprise
in U.S. incarceration is the background of
Brigadier-General Janis Karpinski, also a military
police reservist in Iraq.

When she was put in command of Abu Ghraib and its
thousands of Iraqi inmates last year, she had never
done penal work before. In the army she was an
intelligence officer and in private life, a business
consultant.

Shortly before her suspension from duty she told a
Florida newspaper that her prisoners were living so
well, she was worried they wouldn't want to return
home.

Another American living in dreamland.


Pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the End Attached Message--- _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! From wolfspiritm@excite.com Wed May 19 18:49:33 2004 From: wolfspiritm@excite.com (Marie Zwicker) Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 13:49:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Megan] FW: [Floridagreens-PBTC] Fwd: URGENT ABOUT CAMILO MEJIA Message-ID: <20040519174933.74996B761@xprdmailfe17.nwk.excite.com> PeaceSoFlorida@aol.com wrote: From: PeaceSoFlorida@aol.com Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 12:49:10 EDT Subject: URGENT ABOUT CAMILO MEJIA Dear Friends of Peace The trial of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia who is requesting Conscientious Objector status will begin today May 19, 2004. In light of the recent revelations about the torture and brutilization of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib Sergeant Mejia's courageous position of refusing to participate in this immoral and illegal war is a ray of light in an otherwise dark situation. People of conscience all over the world wish therewere many more soldiers of integrity such as Sergeant Mejia. We only  hope that his superiors are as courageous as he is, and that they decide that enough is enough, that they did not join the arm forces of this country to become instruments of oppression and puppets for the corrupted. Please show your support for Camilo by writing letters to him or his superiors, or letters to the media and ask other people of conscience to do the same. Visit our page Peace South Florida News for further information and addresses Camilo and his superiorsvote green for a change www.gp.org _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! From rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com Wed May 19 21:17:31 2004 From: rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com (Roger Leisner) Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 13:17:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Megan] Fraudulent video of Nick Berg's execution Message-ID: <20040519201731.7621.qmail@web40307.mail.yahoo.com> And now, a word from Radio Free Maine. Here's an updated collection of links about the fraudulent video of Nick Berg's execution. Hector Carreon's analysis is particularly sharp. Unless the US government allows access to Nick Berg's body it will be extremely difficult to prove to the general public that the execution video was a fraud. ******************************************************* Hector Carreon--Berg decapitation video filmed inside Abu Ghraib prison: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CAR405A.html How it could be a hoax: http://www.rense.com/general53/ho.htm Could Berg's execution be fake? http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=12790 Top 50 anomalies (so far) with the Berg execution: http://inn.globalfreepress.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=218 Jack Blood - Berg video was uploaded from London, not Iraq: http://www.jackblood.com/index/id1.html The Berg video is a psy-ops campaign: http://www.rense.com/general52/psyy.htm **chair gate!** Chairs: http://www.rense.com/general52/chair.htm or: 1. http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040513/040513_abuse_ 2. http://www.radiofreeamerica.tv/berg_chair2.jpg --end chair gate-- Look at the white, fat terrorists: http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=94&contentid=1234 State of PA has no records of Berg's "company" (found at legitgov.org): http://tinyurl.com/2wa7a 15 anomalies with the Berg video: http://www.rense.com/general52/anom.htm A collection of posts on a APFN discussion list. The writer tell us they found Berg's headless body BEFORE the video was made: http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=149495;article=54893;title=AP Are both men Nick Berg? http://news.globalfreepress.com/ewing/images/bergboth2.jpg The terrible and strange death of Nick Berg http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/may2004/berg-m14.shtml "...Anyone who believes it is unthinkable or outrageous to suggest that the American government would sanction having one of its citizens murdered to shore up its fortunes is underestimating the political situation..." Nick Berg decapitation video declared a "fraud" by medical doctor (found @ Rense): http://www.aztlan.net/fake_video.htm Read Stickdog's video analysis at the bottom of this page (INN): http://tinyurl.com/3c9do Fishy circumstances and flawed timelines: http://www.infowars.com/print/iraq/berg.htm Muslim scholars denounce Berg's beheading: http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2004-05/12/article08.shtml ("However, Fayoumi suspected the whole episode was 'an American propaganda to divert attention from the scandal of the U.S. military abuse of Iraqi detainees'".) ===== Roger LeisnerRadio Free MaineP.O. Box 2705Augusta, Maine 04338http://www.radiofreemaine.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ From Tim Sullivan" http://www.pressherald.com/news/statehouse/040520marry.shtml Today's Question On Tuesday, a lawmaker proposed a constitutional amendment that would prevent Maine from performing or recognizing same-sex marriages. On Wednesday, another lawmaker filed legislation to strike down a state law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Other proposed legislation would recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. Should Maine recognize same-sex marriages? From rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com Thu May 20 23:41:30 2004 From: rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com (Roger Leisner) Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 15:41:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Megan] US-NAZI COLLABORATION IN PROTECTING WAR CRIMINALS Message-ID: <20040520224130.16143.qmail@web40307.mail.yahoo.com> NARA RELEASE DOCUMENTS US-NAZI COLLABORATION IN PROTECTING WAR CRIMINALS On 13 May 2004, hundreds of thousands of pages of FBI, CIA, and other intelligence records related to Nazi and World War II war crimes were released under provisions of the Nazi War Crime Disclosure Act of 1998. While over 8 million pages of declassified documents have been released since 1999, according to NARA sources, the latest installment of 240,000 pages of FBI records, 419 CIA files on individuals, and 3,000 pages of U.S. Army information "alter our understanding of the Holocaust and the world of intelligence" before, during, and after World War II. The documents demonstrate that U.S. and Allied intelligence services failed to understand how closely the "Jewish question" was related to the central goals of the Nazi regime. The records also show how U.S. banks and financial institutions assisted the Nazis from 1936-41. Along with the declassified materials, NARA has also released a book entitled "U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis" (National Archives Trust Fund, ISBN 1-880875-26-8; $24.95; to order call toll-free 866-272-6272) that provides hard documentary evidence of what Cold War historians have long contended -- that there were close collaborative relationships established between U.S. government officials and Nazi intelligence officers who were thought to be useful in the struggle against the Soviet Union in the post-war era. FBI documents, for example, show that Bureau director J. Edgar Hoover resisted taking action against Viorel Trifa, a former officer in the pro-Hitler Romanian Iron Guard when he immigrated to the United States in 1950. Also, the CIA recruited former SS officer Otto von Bolschwing as an agent and for years protected him from war crimes prosecution. At least five close associates of Adolf Eichmann -- each significant in the Nazi effort to exterminate Jews from the face of the earth -- became CIA agents in the post-war era, and another 23 war criminals were approached by the CIA for recruitment. The documents also detail the role that the United States played in setting up the official intelligence service of West Germany in the post-war era. ===== Roger LeisnerRadio Free MaineP.O. Box 2705Augusta, Maine 04338http://www.radiofreemaine.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Domains – Claim yours for only $14.70/year http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer From stevbee@midcoast.com Fri May 21 16:27:48 2004 From: stevbee@midcoast.com (Steve Burke) Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 10:27:48 -0500 Subject: [Megan] Independant Media - Film / Panel - Midcoast P&J Message-ID: --============_-1126968986==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" ***** Please Forward ***** FILM AND PANEL ON INDEPENDENT MEDIA INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN A TIME OF WAR, a film produced by the alternative news program, Democracy Now, will begin a program on Media Bias and Alternatives presented by the Midcoast Peace & Justice Film Series on Tuesday May 25th. The film highlights the major media coverage of the Iraq War. Where were the dissenting voices, the questions, the multiple faces of war? Can we have an informed citizenry with corporate-controlled media? Is independent media the heart of democracy? Guest panelists from local independent media will participate in the discussion following the film. Guests include Derek Anderson, publisher of Village Soup, Mac Deford, Free Press columnist, Joe Steinberger, WRFR, and Michael Uhl a veteran activist whos work appears in the Nation and the Boston Sunday Globe. The program will take place at the Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St, from 6 to 8 PM on Tuesday, May 25th. Admission is free. Bring your ideas for the kinds of reporting and programming you would like to see. The program is sponsored by the Midcoast Peace & Justice Group and the First Universalist Church of Rockland. Information 594-1478. --============_-1126968986==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Independant Media - Film / Panel - Midcoast P&J
***** Please Forward *****

FILM AND PANEL ON INDEPENDENT MEDIA
INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN A TIME OF WAR, a film produced by the alternative news program, Democracy Now, will begin a program on Media Bias and Alternatives presented by the Midcoast Peace &  Justice Film Series on Tuesday May 25th.  The film highlights the major media coverage of the Iraq War.  Where were the dissenting voices, the questions, the multiple faces of war?  Can we have an informed citizenry with corporate-controlled media?  Is independent media the heart of democracy?

Guest panelists from local independent media will participate in the  discussion following the film.  Guests include Derek Anderson, publisher of Village Soup, Mac Deford, Free Press columnist, Joe Steinberger, WRFR, and Michael Uhl a veteran activist whos work appears in the Nation and the Boston Sunday Globe.
The program will take place at the Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St, from 6 to 8 PM on Tuesday, May 25th.  Admission is free.  Bring your ideas for the kinds of reporting and programming you would like to see. 
The program is sponsored by the Midcoast Peace & Justice Group and the First Universalist Church of Rockland.  Information  594-1478.
--============_-1126968986==_ma============-- From Tim Sullivan" ----- Original Message ----- From: Gretchen D. Noyes-Hull peacebridges@peacebridges.org JOIN US ON MEMORIAL SUNDAY! Stand together with us for peace and the end to violence . Link your community to our network! Organize a vigil, join a bridge, but let us know! Please circulate this information! ( poster at http://www.peacebridges.org ) SUNDAY MAY 30 12 noon to 1 pm MEMORIAL VIGILS FOR THE CASUALTIES OF WAR BRIDGES FOR PEACE Maine Auburn - Augusta - Bangor- Bath- Blue Hill Belfast- Calais- Damariscotta- Ellsworth Farmington- Falmouth- Kennebunk Kittery - Kezar Falls - Lewiston - Lincolnville Orono - Portland- Presque Isle- Rockland Rockport - Saco- Southport-Thomaston Topsham - Waldoboro-Waterville Westbrook - Wells- Wiscasset Maryland Stoney Creek Bridge, Spa Creek Bridge Bridges for Peace http://www.peacebridges.org 207- 563-8902 ADD YOUR VIGIL to BRIDGES For PEACE From robbins@downeast.net Sat May 22 22:42:43 2004 From: robbins@downeast.net (J&P Robbins) Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 17:42:43 -0400 Subject: [Megan] FW: [dnc2004] DNC To Shutdown Boston Roads, Trains and Highways Message-ID: <000801c44045$bbec4080$2aff6442@computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C44024.34DD1180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----Original Message----- From: Bl(A)ck Tea Society [mailto:nodnc04@hush.com] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 4:30 PM To: dnc2004 Subject: [dnc2004] DNC To Shutdown Boston Roads, Trains and Highways http://blackteasociety.org Yesterday state, federal and local authorities released a security plan for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) that will leave nearly 40 miles of Boston roads and highways shutdown. The DNC will force closures and/or restrictions on Interstate 93, Memorial Drive, Storrow Drive, Subway Green Line, MBTA Commuter Rail, Route 1A, Route 16, Interstate 90 (Mass Pike) and a police lockdown from the North End to the Back Bay of Boston. The Mayor of Boston (Thomas Menino) is longer asking residents to get involved in the DNC, but rather telling the working class residents of Boston to 'stay away' while the rich hold their party at cities expense. Articles In The Mainstream Press: DNC to commuters: Shut up, stay home Boston Herald 5-21-04 http://news.bostonherald.com/dnc2004/view.bg?articleid=28746 We're Road Kill Boston Herald 5-21-04 http://news.bostonherald.com/dnc2004/view.bg?articleid=28773 Commuters a breaking point over convention Boston Herald 5-21-04 http://news.bostonherald.com/dnc2004/view.bg?articleid=28772 Massive Closing Of Roads Set For Convention Week Boston Globe 5-21-04 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/05/21/massive_closing_of_ roads_set_for_convention_week/ Burbs biz bristle over shutdown Boston Herald 5-21-04 http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=28769 Boston party gets new spin Boston Globe 5-21-04 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/05/21/bostons_party_gets_ a_new_spin/ Closure Maps: Greater Boston (Boston Globe) http://www.boston.com/news/politics/conventions/traffic/closures_93/ MBTA (Boston Globe) http://www.boston.com/news/politics/conventions/traffic/closures_mbta/ Subway (Boston Herald) http://news.bostonherald.com/election2004/DNC_subway.html Commute (Boston Herald) http://news.bostonherald.com/election2004/DNC_commute.html Concerned about your privacy? Follow this link to get FREE encrypted email: https://www.hushmail.com/?l=2 Free, ultra-private instant messaging with Hush Messenger https://www.hushmail.com/services.php?subloc=messenger&l=434 Promote security and make money with the Hushmail Affiliate Program: https://www.hushmail.com/about.php?subloc=affiliate&l=427 ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C44024.34DD1180 Content-Type: text/plain; name="message-footer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="message-footer.txt" ---------------- nodnc04@hush.com *** www.blackteasociety.org ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C44024.34DD1180-- From Tim Sullivan" Re: b bush lincolnville----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Whelan sambo@tidewater.net May 26 - Barbara Bush will attend the Republican Women fund raiser and business meeting in Lincolnville Beach. There will be a presence of concerned citizens to call attention to our government's policies. Military Families Speak Out, Maine Veterans For Peace, Women in Black, Code Pink, Peace & Justice groups are expected, all are invited to stand for peace and justice or display their signs. Please come if you can. schedule: 10:AM fund raising; 10:30AM business meeting, followed by luncheon. Lobster Pound restaurant, Lincolnville Beach, Rte 1. Everyone should be assembled outside the restaurant by 9:45 AM for the arrivals. If you can't come that early, come for the vigil and post lunch departing participants. Let these Bush supporters, women mothers, know how we feel. contact for confirmation/cancelation: Carole Whelan sambo@tidewater.net, 763-3226 "Why should we hear about body bags and deaths," Barbara Bush said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on March 18, 2003. "Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?" http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0429-11.htm From robbins@downeast.net Sun May 23 19:50:25 2004 From: robbins@downeast.net (J&P Robbins) Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 14:50:25 -0400 Subject: [Megan] Celebrate Cuba June 4-5 Blue Hill Message-ID: <001c01c440f6$e9ca7ab0$9cff6442@computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C440D5.62B8DAB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please post widely Press release Cuba Celebration Weekend June 4-5 Blue Hill The film CUBA FELIZ, the story of a 76-year-old troubadour who makes his way from town to town across Cuba, jamming with local musicians, will be shown at the Blue Hill Library, Friday, June 4, at 7 p.m. to kick off a weekend for raising awareness about the Pastors for Peace 15th caravan to Cuba. Each year, Pastors for Peace brings humanitarian aid, especially medical and school supplies, to the Cuban people. Members of the Maine-based group Let Cuba Live have organized this weekend of informational and social events in Blue Hill to help raise money for the caravan. On Saturday, June 5, the Cuba solidarity continues from 2-5 p.m. at the Liberty School in Blue Hill. The afternoon event will celebrate Cuba with food, Cuban music, poetry, and performance art and two short films. WHO'S AFRAID OF A LITTLE YELLOW SCHOOLBUS is the classic Cuba Friendshipment Caravan documentary, and FREE TO FLY, by the director of the acclaimed film FIDEL, documents the 45-year history of restrictions on U.S.-Cuba travel. Entrance to both Friday's film and Saturday's event is by donation. For more information please call 326-4405. ======================================================================== "We can no longer be a people of leaves, living in the air, our foliage heavy with blooms and crackling or humming at the whim of the sun's caress, or buffeted and tossed by the storms. The trees must form ranks to keep the giant with seven-league boots from passing! It is the time of mobilization, of marching together, and we must go forward in close ranks, like silver in the veins of the Andes." ~ Jose Marti ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C440D5.62B8DAB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C440D5.62B8DAB0-- From robbins@downeast.net Sun May 23 20:31:55 2004 From: robbins@downeast.net (J&P Robbins) Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 15:31:55 -0400 Subject: [Megan] PEACE, PROPAGANDA, & THE PROMISED LAND film, Blue Hill May 27 Message-ID: <006901c440fc$b44d7d50$9cff6442@computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006A_01C440DB.2D3BDD50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Peninsula Peace and Justice Spring/Summer Film Series Opener Thursday, May 27 Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land 7 p.m., Blue Hill Library followed by discussion PEACE, PROPAGANDA & THE PROMISED LAND: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Directed by Bathsheba Ratzkoff & Sut Jhally, Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land is a pivotal video that exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites - working in combination with Israeli public relations strategies - exercise a powerful influence over news reporting about the Middle East conflict. Combining American and British TV news clips with observations of analysts, journalists and political activists, Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land provides an historical overview, a striking media comparison and an examination of factors that have distorted U.S. media coverage and, in turn, American public opinion. Interviewees include Noam Chomsky, Seth Ackerman, Hanan Ashrawi, Mjr. Stav Adivi, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Robert Fisk and many others. ------=_NextPart_000_006A_01C440DB.2D3BDD50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
 

Peninsula=20 Peace and Justice

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7 p.m.,=20 Blue Hill Library

 

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PEACE, PROPAGANDA & THE PROMISED LAND: U.S. Media & the=20 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Directed by Bathsheba Ratzkoff & Sut Jhally, Peace, Propaganda = & The=20 Promised Land is a pivotal video that exposes how the foreign policy = interests=20 of American political elites - working in combination with Israeli = public=20 relations strategies - exercise a powerful influence over news reporting = about=20 the Middle East conflict. Combining American and British TV news clips = with=20 observations of analysts, journalists and political activists, Peace, = Propaganda=20 & The Promised Land provides an historical overview, a striking = media=20 comparison and an examination of factors that have distorted U.S. media = coverage=20 and, in turn, American public opinion. Interviewees include Noam = Chomsky, Seth=20 Ackerman, Hanan Ashrawi, Mjr. Stav Adivi, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Robert = Fisk and=20 many others.

------=_NextPart_000_006A_01C440DB.2D3BDD50-- From Tim Sullivan" http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.cfm?ID=3D423190 Last updated: Monday, May 24, 2004 Left gets it right Today, I read in one of the large, corporate controlled newspapers that 5= 9 percent of Americans believe that weapons of mass destruction were found = in Iraq. Why do we suppose it is that a majority of Americans hold this unfounded belief? Could it be because of corporate media's incessant mess= age that Iraq possessed WMD's, thereby providing the administration with a justification to invade that country? And, when no WMD's were ever found, was that car-ried as a big story? Certainly not. Corporate media and this admini-stration, more than any other prior administration, have a close, symbi-otic relationship. Sometimes it seems= as if the networks and the large news-papers are equivalent to the press off= ice of the administration. I am not talking about the Fox Network here. While that network certainly has its biases, it is not unknown for the loud, angry, white men who inhabit Fox to be critical of the current administration, although that criticism is usu-ally directed towards the "liberals" in the administration, such as Secretary Powell. Rather, it is the so-called =FDliberal media" that has become the tool of= the administration =FD NBC, CBS, ABC, the New York Times, the Washington Post. These networks and dailies la-bor under the illusion that they are provid= ing unbiased accounts of the news of our day. Yet, what they are really putti= ng out is nothing more than the accepted wisdom =FD Iraq has WMD's, we must = =FDstay the course," we are winning the war on terror. Even more troublesome is w= hat they are not publishing. The Pentagon issued a directive that no photogra= phs of re-turning caskets containing the bodies of dead soldiers be broadcast= or pub-lished. And, the corporate media complied. Do we even need to ask who= is running the media show? Yet the administration and the corporate media have not counted on the po= wer of new media and independent media. The story of the Abu Ghraib prison ab= use would not have taken on a powerful life of its own, had the public not se= en the photographs that were taken, not by news photographers, but by soldie= rs themselves. Viewing those photographs is likely to make more of an impression on Americans than all of the "objective" news stories written about the war. Now we all know what is really going on in Iraq. Nor would those images have spread throughout the world =FD not New York, or D.C., = or even the U.S., but the world =FD were it not for the power of the Interne= t. We are in the midst of a sea change in the media. Regular folks are begin-ning to think about media issues and what shape we want our America= n media to take. The uproar over FCC leader Michael Powell's plans to not o= nly permit, but to encourage, corporate media consolidation, demonstrates tha= t Americans are not con-tent with the path that media outlets are pursuing. As the corporate media continues to lose credibility, it is independent media that is stepping up to the plate. We would never really have known that the Miami police department essentially suspended the fourth amendme= nt during the F.T.A.A. demonstrations in Miami last winter, was it not for independent media. Unlike many reporters in Iraq, the independent reporte= rs in Miami were not embedded, they were harassed and some were arrested, an= d they told the truth about what was going on. Nor would we have known that= it was a coup, orchestrated by the United States, that removed Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power, were it not for independent media. We would never hear the stories behind the stories, were it not fo= r independent media. The corporate media covers the event =FD there were a million women marching in Washington D.C., in support of reproductive freedom. But, it is only independent media that covers the issue behind t= he event, asking why these women are marching, what they fear, and what they hope to achieve. Independent media operates on a budget that is, at best, a minuscule fraction of the budget of corporate media. Some independent media proj-ec= ts operate on no budget at all. But it is the community weeklies, locally ow= ned dailies, the low power radio stations, issue oriented web sites and electronic newsletters, Indymedia projects throughout the world, public access television, community radio and the Pacifica Radio Network station= s that are getting the message out. These sources of information are in-dependent, non-hierarchical, and the future of media. If we do not support them, we risk losing them, and that loss would signal a loss of t= he truly free press that is the essence of American democracy. Lynne Williams is a Rockland attorney and a candidate for the Maine House= of Representatives. From Tim Sullivan" Re: [mainepjip_info] next meeting of Maine PJIPFor a flyer, please contact Ruth Elkin: ruthelk@gwi.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Mehrene Larudee mlarudee@abacus.bates.edu PLEASE JOIN US in A Day for Peace and Justice in Israel/Palestine Sunday, June 6 2 pm to 8 pm Williston West Church, 32 Thomas St., Portland, Maine June 5 is the 37th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza 2:00 William Burke, Portland, recently returned from taking part in Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron (West Bank) and Iraq 2:40 Rev. Marjean Bailey, Kennebunkport, recently returned from trip to Jerusalem & the West Bank 3:30 Dr. Alice Rothchild, keynote speaker, "A Personal Look at the Health & Human Rights Consequences of Occupation and Violence on Israelis and Palestinians" 5:15 Middle Eastern dinner & line dancing (donation requested for dinner) 6:15 Peace, Propaganda, & the Promised Land (video, 80 min.); discussion Donated art will be sold & the funds used for art supplies for Palestinian children. Maine Peace & Justice in Israel/Palestine (Maine PJIP) P.O. Box 17741 Portland, ME 04112 mainepjip@pivot.net From robbins@downeast.net Tue May 25 22:43:01 2004 From: robbins@downeast.net (J&P Robbins) Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 17:43:01 -0400 Subject: [Megan] CONCERT: Julie Gardner & Friends May 29 Blue Hill Message-ID: <002e01c442a1$671edbe0$afff6442@computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C4427F.E0121DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit please post to lists: "Songwriters in the Round" An Evening of Song and Art to Benefit Island Peace & Justice featuring: Jud Caswell Juliane Gardner Patrick Mills Sorcha Cribben-Merrill Including a special presentation & exhibit by artist Pat Wheeler SATURDAY MAY 29, 7:30 p.m. Emlen Hall, The Bay School, South Street, Blue Hill Suggested donation $10 Tickets available the night of the show; doors open at 6:30 More Info: 348-6005, 326-8829 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The only message I have to the world is: We are not allowed to kill innocent people. We are not allowed to be complicit in murder. We are not allowed to be silent while preparations for mass murder proceed in our name, with our money, secretly." -- Daniel Berrigan ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C4427F.E0121DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
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"The only message I have = to the world=20 is: We are not allowed to kill innocent people. We are not allowed to be = complicit in murder. We are not allowed to be silent while preparations = for mass=20 murder proceed in our name, with our money, secretly."  --  = Daniel=20 Berrigan
------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C4427F.E0121DE0-- From Tim Sullivan" Message-ID: <00e001c442b1$d10273e0$8697c3d8@hppav> Barbara Bush will not be able to attend the meeting tomorrow in Lincolnville - Carol Weston (Republican State Senator for Waldo County) will be the featured speaker instead and will read a letter from Prez Bush. Folks are still welcome to go - see Carol Whelan's email below. Tim (Did we scare her off?) ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Whelan I just spoke to Sen. Carol Weston, who was asked to speak at the luncheon tomorrow, and she says B Bush won't be there! Please send a notice out. I'd like to set up a similar thing again, I'm even tempted to go anyway tomorrow since I have all my signs and display ready, and ask the other women to think about what B Bush said. Anyone who wants to go tomorrow, or another time, can email or call me. carole whelan sambo@tidewater.net 763-3226 From rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com Wed May 26 17:53:38 2004 From: rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com (Roger Leisner) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 09:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Megan] Dave Dellinger, Presente Message-ID: <20040526165338.52041.qmail@web40311.mail.yahoo.com> From: MavMedia@aol.com Dave Dellinger -- nonviolent hero: Rest in Peace On Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at approximately 1:30 p.m., nonviolent hero Dave Dellinger passed from this world in Montpelier, Vermont. Although suffering from Alzheimer's for several years, Dave recognized his wife, Elizabeth, and other family members right until the end. For more than sixty years, Dave Dellinger was at the forefront of movements for peace and social justice. >From his refusal to serve in World War II (which resulted in imprisonment) and early opposition to the nuclear arms race to leading anti-war protests at the 1968 Democratic convention, the famous Chicago "conspiracy" trial, and beyond, Dave led the way by powerful personal example and inspired teaching for generations of activists. A truly remarkable human being -- one of the true progressive heroes of the 20th Century -- he will be deeply missed. To offer condolences, write to Elizabeth c/o Toward Freedom, PO Box 468, Burlington, VT 05402. Once family and friends have time to process this loss, memorial and other events will be planned and announced. Inquiries can be sent to Office@TowardFreedom.com ===== Roger LeisnerRadio Free MaineP.O. Box 2705Augusta, Maine 04338http://www.radiofreemaine.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ From robbins@downeast.net Thu May 27 01:06:50 2004 From: robbins@downeast.net (J&P Robbins) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 20:06:50 -0400 Subject: [Megan] MOTHERS REVOLT - BANGOR - JUNE 14 Message-ID: <004201c4437e$9f45d270$31ff6442@computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C4435D.18343270 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit PLEASE POST WIDELY THE COST OF WAR = OUR CHILDREN AND THEIRS MOTHERS REVOLT JUNE 14 12:00 NOON FEDERAL BUILDING, BANGOR Mothers, families, and friends will gather to say END THE WAR "NO" TO THE DRAFT WE WILL NOT GIVE UP OUR CHILDREN TO THE WAR MACHINE Gather at the Bangor Shelter on Main Street at Cedar at 11:00 March to the Federal Building The names of the nearly 800 U.S. service women and men killed in Iraq will be read aloud at the Federal Building Letters demanding an end to the occupation of Iraq and resistance to a military draft will be delivered to the offices of Senator Susan Collins, Senator Olympia Snowe, and Representative Mike Michaud Marchers will proceed from the Federal Building to Senator Snowe's office For information, contact Judy Robbins 326-4405 robbins@downeast.net Pat Wheeler 348-5267 wheelpl@prexar.com "Another world is not only possible; she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." -- Arundati Roy +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The only message I have to the world is: We are not allowed to kill innocent people. We are not allowed to be complicit in murder. We are not allowed to be silent while preparations for mass murder proceed in our name, with our money, secretly." -- Daniel Berrigan ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C4435D.18343270 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

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MOTHERS REVOLT

JUNE 14

12:00 NOON

FEDERAL=20 BUILDING,=20 BANGOR=

 

Mothers, families, and friends will gather to say=20

END THE WAR

“NO” TO THE DRAFT

WE WILL NOT GIVE UP OUR CHILDREN TO THE WAR=20 MACHINE

 

  

Gather at the=20 Bangor Shelter on=20 Main = Street at Cedar at 11:00

 March to the=20 Federal=20 Building

The names of the nearly 800=20 U.S. = service=20 women and men killed in=20 Iraq = will be=20 read aloud at the Federal=20 Building

Letters demanding an end to the occupation of Iraq and=20 resistance to a military draft will be delivered to the offices = of=20 Senator Susan Collins, Senator Olympia Snowe, and Representative Mike=20 Michaud

Marchers will=20 proceed from the Federal Building to Senator Snowe's = office

 

 

For information, contact

Judy Robbins 326-4405 robbins@downeast.net

Pat Wheeler 348-5267 wheelpl@prexar.com

 

  

"Another=20 world is not only possible; she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can = hear her=20

breathing." -- Arundati=20 Roy

 
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"The only message I have = to the world=20 is: We are not allowed to kill innocent people. We are not allowed to be = complicit in murder. We are not allowed to be silent while preparations = for mass=20 murder proceed in our name, with our money, secretly."  --  = Daniel=20 Berrigan
 
------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C4435D.18343270-- From invert@acadia.net Thu May 27 12:41:41 2004 From: invert@acadia.net (Larry Dansinger) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:41:41 +0000 Subject: [Megan] Message-ID: <200405271725.i4RHMEJk016957@thresher.prexar.com> > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --MS_Mac_OE_3168502909_845742_MIME_Part Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hello Friend (and please pass along to others you know who might be interested), There's still time to come to GROW (GrassRoots Organizing Workshops) New England, June 10-13 at the World Fellowship Center near Conway, NH. The event is for (potential) organizers and activists from Maine, New Hampshire= , and Vermont. There are programs both from June 10-11 (one day intensives on Anti-Oppression Organizing, Youth Organizing, Labor Organizing, or Economic Human Rights/Anti-Poverty Organizing) and a general program on how to organize better (grassroots fundraising, using the media, action planning, etc.) from June 11-13 for anyone interested. Besides the great information and connections with others in Northern New England at GROW, World Fellowship offers great scenery and accomodations, a place to relax as well as learn, wonderful food, and an amazing history. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO MAKE SURE THIS EVENT HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY BY SATURDAY, JUNE 5. (You may be able to register and come after June 5, bu= t we need a minimum number for the facility by June 5.) THE REGISTRATION FORM FOR GROW IS INCLUDED BELOW. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOU= T THE EVENT, INCLUDING THE SCHEDULE, SPECIFIC WORKSHOPS, HOW TO GET THERE, AN= D OTHER DETAILS, CONTACT: Larry Dansinger, 207-525-7776, invert@acadia.net or check the website: http://openvoices.com/grow/ Registration Form Name Address Phone Email Please Check all that Apply: ___I am registering for the June 11-13 weekend ___I am registering for an Intensive Pre-Weekend Workshop My first choice is: ___ Anti-Oppression Organizing ___ Youth Organizing ___ Economic Human Rights (anti-poverty) Organizing ___ Labor Organizing Enclosed is $_____ Check payable to "Resources for Organizing and Social Change=B2 (ROSC). Partial payment is OK. Remainder will be due at the door. Choice of housing ___ Lodge ___ Campsite Childcare ___I need childcare for children ages (please list): Ride Share: ___I need a ride from ___________ ___I can offer a ride from ___________ Please indicate any other special accommodations you require: ______________________________________________________________ Return this form by June 5 to GROW New England/ROSC, PO Box 776, Monroe, ME 04951 or email this form to invert@acadia.net. --MS_Mac_OE_3168502909_845742_MIME_Part Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <no subject> Hello Friend (and please pass along to others you know who might be interes= ted),

There's still time to come to GROW (GrassRoots Organizing Workshops) New En= gland, June 10-13 at the World Fellowship Center near Conway, NH. The event = is for (potential) organizers and activists from Maine, New Hampshire, and V= ermont.

There are programs both from June 10-11 (one day intensives on Anti-Oppress= ion Organizing, Youth Organizing, Labor Organizing, or Economic Human Rights= /Anti-Poverty Organizing) and a general program on how to organize better (g= rassroots fundraising, using the media, action planning, etc.) from June 11-= 13 for anyone interested.

Besides the great information and connections with others in Northern New E= ngland at GROW, World Fellowship offers great scenery and accomodations, a p= lace to relax as well as learn, wonderful food, and an amazing history.

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO MAKE SURE THIS EVENT HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY= BY SATURDAY, JUNE 5. (You may be able to register and come after June 5, bu= t we need a minimum number for the facility by June 5.)

THE REGISTRATION FORM FOR GROW IS INCLUDED BELOW. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOU= T THE EVENT, INCLUDING THE SCHEDULE, SPECIFIC WORKSHOPS, HOW TO GET THERE, A= ND OTHER DETAILS, CONTACT:

Larry Dansinger, 207-525-7776, invert@acadia.net  

or check the website:  http://openvoices.= com/grow/

 

Registration Form

Name
Address
Phone
Email


Please Check all that Apply:

___I am registering for the June 11-13 weekend
___I am registering for an Intensive Pre-Weekend Workshop

My first choice is:
___ Anti-Oppression Organizing
___ Youth Organizing
___ Economic Human Rights (anti-poverty) Organizing
___ Labor Organizing



Enclosed is $_____  Check payable to "Resources for Organizing an= d Social Change=B2 (ROSC). Partial payment is OK. Remainder will be due at the= door.


Choice of housing
___ Lodge
___ Campsite
  

Childcare
___I need childcare for children ages (please list):

Ride Share:

___I need a ride from ___________
___I can offer a ride from ___________

Please indicate any other special accommodations you require: _____________= _________________________________________________

Return this form by June 5 to GROW N= ew England/ROSC, PO Box 776, Monroe, ME 04951 or email this form to invert@a= cadia.net.

--MS_Mac_OE_3168502909_845742_MIME_Part-- From rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com Fri May 28 18:32:28 2004 From: rleisnerrfm@yahoo.com (Roger Leisner) Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 10:32:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Megan] Memorial Day vigil on Memorial Bridge in Augusta Message-ID: <20040528173228.88983.qmail@web40304.mail.yahoo.com> Augusta Women in Black, Peace and Justice Advocates and Veterans for Peace will hold a peace vigil on the Memorial Bridge in Augusta from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 30, 2004. All central Maine peaceniks are invited to gather at 11:45 a.m. in the parking lot of Penny Memorial Baptist Church next to the Memorial Bridge. Please bring banners and signs for peace and justice. End the war and bring the troops home. ===== Roger LeisnerRadio Free MaineP.O. Box 2705Augusta, Maine 04338http://www.radiofreemaine.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ From Tim Sullivan" Nestle and Lexington's (ME) waterFor more information, see: http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/local/673875.shtml and http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/local/632480.shtml From: "Pete&Joy" psmadme@gwi.net >From Waterville Area Bridges for Peace and Justice (WAB4P&J) CALL TO ACTION Opportunity to aquire JUSTICE for a Maine neighbor! Lexington needs a short note. Over the past couple of weeks, you may have heard of the battle between Nestle and the people of Lexington, Maine. The people of Lexington are real nervous about that. I don't blame them. As the two articles following will show, a lot of money and power are at stake. Also, Nestle is not very honest about what they are doing. Did you know that Nestle controls all the bottled water in Iraq? LURC Commissioner Catherine M. Carroll delayed Nestle taking over Lexington's water by referring the case to Maine's Attorney General. Such an unprecedented move took courage. For now, a group of Lexington citizens, including Jonathan Carter, would appreciate your sending a letter of thanks to Commissioner Carroll for her courageous action. A short note of thanks would show a wide state solidarity to a worthy cause. Address your note to: Catherine M. Carroll, Commissioner, LURC (Land Use Regulatory Commission) e-mail Catherine.m.carroll@maine.gov FUND VIEW-Pictet sees rich pickings in water industry Mon May 17, 2004 07:23 AM ET By Pratima Desai LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Private investors fleeing the turbulence of mainstream equity holdings should look at water companies seizing the opportunity presented by years of U.S. underinvestment, Pictet Funds said on Monday. Senior Investment Manager Hans Peter Portner said the Pictet water fund, launched in January 2000, seeks to exploit this funding gap to give investors a steady income stream as well as capital growth. With 269 million euros ($323.5 million) under management, the Luxembourg-domiciled fund showed a return of 7.1 percent in 2003, but was below the 10 percent achieved by its benchmark -- the MSCI World Index. "The average life expectancy of the infrastructure in the United States is 100 years," said Portner. "It is now about 80 years old...the water quality is not good and the treatment technology is old." The funding gap in the United States is estimated at $534 billion over the next 20 years, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. World Bank data shows $60-$80 billion dollars a year is needed to cover basic services worldwide. Rich pickings beckon for a firm like French utility Veolia Environment (VIE.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) -- highlighted by Porter as a top choice -- with more than 150 years of experience and knowledge behind it. Others companies in the fund include Swiss-based Perrier maker Nestle (NESN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) , British utility Severn Trent (SVT.L: Quote, Profile, Research) and Europe's third-biggest food group, Danone (DANO.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) . "Nestle and Danone sell bottled water. Water quality issues and changing consumer preferences make them interesting," said Portner. Total consumption of water since 1900 has increased nine-fold and currently demand outstrips world population growth by around 2-3 percent per annum. EXPANSION Pictet Funds, the distribution arm of Pictet et Cie, identified China, Spain, Italy and eastern Europe as areas where investment in water systems will have to grow. The implementation of the EU Water and Wastewater directives by new EU member states in eastern Europe imply funding needs of 100 to 150 million euros. "The problem in Spain is a lack of rainfall, but in Italy that is combined with a weak infrastructure -- the leakage rate in southern Italy is more that 50 percent," said Portner. "China has one quarter of the world's population and only six percent of the world's fresh water reserves and roughly only one fifth of the waste water is treated. That is clearly not sustainable, they will have to upgrade." There are other regions which need development, but Pictet will only be looking at water firms that take into account political and financial stability. An example of a deal gone wrong was Argentina a few years ago, when the currency was devalued and water companies with contracts in Buenos Aires got their fingers scalded. The fund is available to private investors in Japan, Britain and continental Europe. "For institutional investors the product does not fit into a box," said Portner. "They need an MSCI water index before they'll consider it." NESTLE SUED FOR FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT BOTTLED WATER Food giant Nestle has duped Americans who buy Poland Spring bottled water into thinking it comes from a lush spring tucked deep in the woods of Maine, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday. Instead, most of the sources for Poland Spring are either surrounded by asphalt parking lots or potentially dangerous contamination, according to the lawsuit filed against a subsidiary of Swiss-based Nestle SA. "Consumers purchase Poland Spring thinking they are getting a higher-quality natural spring water, but our suit will show that Poland Spring is neither natural nor spring water, and in fact comes from sources of a lesser quality than some tap water," Tom Sobol, an attorney who filed the complaint, said in a statement. Nestle Waters North America, the Connecticut-based Nestle unit that was slapped with the lawsuit, said it was outraged by the allegations. "Poland Spring is exactly what we say it is -- natural spring water -- and there are many criteria for that," said spokeswoman Jane Lazgin. "The truth will come to light. We will certainly defend our good name against these false charges." The complaint was filed in Connecticut Superior Court and claims that Nestle falsely labels Poland Spring as coming from "deep in the woods of Maine." It says the original Poland Spring has not flowed for more than 35 years and the actual sources of the water -- some of which are 30 miles away -- depend on man-made wells that draw more than 6 million gallons of water a year. Nestle is also accused of falsely advertising Poland Spring as "naturally purified" or "spring water" because the water does not meet the scientific definition for spring water. In addition to demanding restitution for the general public, the lawsuit seeks to ban Nestle from promoting or advertising products as "spring water" if they do not meet scientific definitions. Nestle Waters North America Inc. says on its Web site that it is the largest bottled water company in the United States, with brands including Calistoga, Ozarka and Deer Park in its portfolio. Poland Spring is distributed throughout the northeastern United States as well as parts of the South and Midwest. Written by: Greg Frost, Reuters News Service From Tim Sullivan" http://maineindymedia.org/newswire/display/1418/index.php DNC Call for Progressive Health Care Providers by BALM Squad Email: bostonmedics@riseup.net (verified) 29 May 2004 Are you a progressive health care provider? Would you like to support protestors at the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Boston, July= 26 to 29? Lots of people will need our help =96 from union members and peace activists, encouraging the Democratic Party to take a new course, to anti-authoritarians who believe in a more direct democracy. The Boston Ar= ea Liberation Medic (BALM) Squad will be coordinating health care support during the upcoming demonstrations, and we need your help! Health care providers can become involved with the initial planning, or w= ork in the wellness center or on the streets during the week of the protests. Wellness centers are staffed by health practitioners, including herbalist= s, massage therapists, homeopathic physicians, traditional Chinese medicine doctors, allopathic and osteopathic physicians and nurses. We provide services ranging from basic preventive care to treating injuries sustaine= d during the demonstrations. Last year at the FTAA protests in Miami, we treated hundreds of protestors for injuries including head injuries from police batons and rubber bullets, exposure to pepper spray, and emotional trauma. The wellness centers offer all services free of charge. They are = a haven of goodness in what is often a chaotic and stressful environment. We will have several planning meetings in June, and many more in July. At these meeting we will discuss plans for the wellness center and medics on the street, as well as the approach to health care that is particular to street medic work. We ask that anyone who wants to work with us at the DN= C attend at least one of these meetings, or get in touch with us soon to discuss how we can work together. For more information about the meetings, or if you would like to get involved earlier, please contact the BALM Squad at bostonmedics (at) riseup.net. Also, if you or someone you know would like to get trained to= be a street medic (a job that is quite different from more traditional healt= h care provider roles), there are three upcoming trainings in the New Engla= nd area: June 4 to 6 in New York City, June 11 to 13 in Boston, and June 25 = to 27 in Portland, Maine. See the BALM Squad website (address below) for mor= e information on these trainings. For more information on street medics, see www.bostoncoop.net/balm or www.action-medical.net Thanks, and take care, The Boston Area Liberation Medic Squad

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Cuba=20 Celebration Weekend June 4-5 Blue Hill

 

The film CUBA FELIZ, the story of = a=20 76-year-old troubadour who makes his way from town to town across Cuba, = jamming=20 with local musicians, will be shown at the Blue Hill = Library,=20 Friday, June 4, at 7 p.m. to kick off a weekend for raising=20 awareness about the Pastors for Peace 15th caravan to Cuba. = Each year,=20 Pastors for Peace brings humanitarian aid, especially medical and school = supplies, to the Cuban people. Members of the Maine-based group=20 Let Cuba Live have organized this = weekend of=20 informational and social events in Blue Hill to help raise money for the = caravan.

 

On Saturday, June 5, the=20 Cuba = solidarity=20 continues from 2-5 p.m. at = the=20 Liberty=20 School in Blue Hill. The = afternoon=20 event will celebrate=20 Cuba = with food,=20 Cuban music, poetry, and performance art and two short films. WHO’S AFRAID OF A LITTLE = YELLOW=20 SCHOOLBUS is the = classic Cuba=20 Friendshipment Caravan documentary, and = FREE TO FLY, by the director = of the=20 acclaimed film FIDEL, = documents the=20 45-year history of restrictions on U.S.-Cuba travel. Entrance to both = Friday's=20 film and Saturday's event is by donation. For more information please = call=20 326-4405.

 

 

 

 

 

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